If x =a (cos θ + θ sin θ), y=a (sin θ – θ cos θ) prove that
(sin θ + θ cosθ) and
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Basic idea:
√Second order derivative is nothing but derivative of derivative i.e. ![]()
√The idea of chain rule of differentiation: If f is any real-valued function which is the composition of two functions u and v, i.e. f = v(u(x)). For the sake of simplicity just assume t = u(x)
Then f = v(t). By chain rule, we can write the derivative of f w.r.t to x as:
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√Product rule of differentiation- ![]()
√Apart from these remember the derivatives of some important functions like exponential, logarithmic, trigonometric etc..
The idea of parametric form of differentiation:
If y = f (θ) and x = g(θ), i.e. y is a function of θ and x is also some other function of θ.
Then dy/dθ = f’(θ) and dx/dθ = g’(θ)
We can write : 
Given,
x =a (cos θ + θ sin θ) ……equation 1
y =a (sin θ – θ cos θ) ……equation 2
to prove :
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(sin θ + θ cosθ)
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We notice a second order derivative in the expression to be proved so first take the step to find the second order derivative.
Let’s find ![]()
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[ differentiated using product rule for θsinθ ]
..eqn 4
Again differentiating w.r.t θ using product rule:-
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∴ ![]()
Similarly,
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∴
………….equation 5
Again differentiating w.r.t θ using product rule:-
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∴ ![]()
∵ 
Using equation 4 and 5 :
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As ![]()
∴ again differentiating w.r.t x :-
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[using chain rule]
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Putting a value in the above equation-
We have :
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