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MathsCBSE Class 12 · Board exam 2025, set 65/7/1 · 3 marks · Short answer

CBSE Class 12 Mathematics 2025: question 28

Set in the CBSE Class 12 board exam of 2025, paper 65/7/1, section C, question 28, for 3 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q28 · 3 marks · Short answerContinuity and Differentiability

Differentiate with respect to x.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2025 board paper, set 65/7/1.

Hints

Open one hint at a time and try again before the next.

Hint 1

The function is a chain of four layers: square root, log, sine and a polynomial.

Hint 2

Differentiate from the outside in, and multiply the derivatives of all four layers.

Step-by-step solution

Each step shows the marks it earns, as an examiner would award them. Checked by an independent re-solve from the question paper.

  1. Let . By the chain rule, the outer square root gives .

    1 mark
  2. 1 mark
  3. ½ mark
  4. ½ mark

Answer:

Where the marks are

  • Derivative of the square root (1 mark)
  • Derivative of log(sin u) as (1 mark)
  • Derivative of the inner function (½ mark)
  • Simplified final answer (½ mark)

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