Q. Let $F$ denotes the family of ellipses whose centre is at the origin and major axis is the $y$-axis. Then, equation of the family $F$ is

A) $\frac{d^{2}y}{dx^{2}} + \frac{dy}{dx}\left( x\ \frac{dy}{dx} - y \right) = 0$
B) $xy\ \frac{d^{2}y}{dx^{2}} - \frac{dy}{dx}\left( x\ \frac{dy}{dx} - y \right) = 0$
C) $xy\ \frac{d^{2}y}{dx^{2}} + \frac{dy}{dx}\left( x\ \frac{dy}{dx} - y \right) = 0$
D) $\frac{d^{2}y}{dx^{2}} - \frac{dy}{dx}\left( x\ \frac{dy}{dx} - y \right) = 0$
Explanation

(c)
Equation of family of ellipse is $\frac{x^{2}}{a^{2}} + \frac{y^{2}}{b^{2}} = 1$
$\Rightarrow$ $\frac{2x}{a^{2}} + \frac{2y}{b^{2}}.\frac{dy}{dx} = 0$
$\Rightarrow$ $\frac{x}{a^{2}} + \frac{y}{b^{2}}.\frac{dy}{dx} = 0$ …(i)
$\Rightarrow$ $\frac{1}{a^{2}} + \frac{y}{b^{2}}.\frac{d^{2}y}{dx^{2}} + \left( \frac{dy}{dx} \right)^{2}\ \frac{1}{b^{2}} = 0$
$\Rightarrow$ $\frac{b^{2}}{a^{2}} + y\left( \frac{d^{2}y}{dx^{2}} \right) + \left( \frac{dy}{dx} \right)^{2} = 0$
$\Rightarrow$ $- \frac{y}{x}.\ \frac{dy}{dx} + y\ \frac{d^{2}y}{dx^{2}} + \left( \frac{dy}{dx} \right)^{2} = 0$
[from Eq. (i), $\frac{b^{2}}{a^{2}} = - \frac{y}{x}.\frac{dy}{dx}$]
$\Rightarrow$ $xy\ \frac{d^{2}y}{dx^{2}} + \frac{dy}{dx}\left( x\ \frac{dy}{dx} - y \right) = 0$

Dr. Abubacker
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Ph.D. in Physics with 19+ years of teaching experience.