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Diffrenciate |x| w.r.t x using first principle.

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Pritish Chakraborty ·

y = |x| = √x²
=> y + ∂y = √(x + ∂x)²
=> ∂y = √(x + ∂x)² - √x²

So ∂y∂x = (x + ∂x)² - √x²∂x
=> dydx = lim∂x→0 (x + ∂x)² - √x²∂x
Rationalizing,

dydx = lim∂x→0 (x + ∂x)² - x²∂x(√(x + ∂x)² + √x²)

dydx = lim∂x→02x∂x - ∂x²∂x(√(x + ∂x)² + √x²)
= lim∂x→02x - ∂x(√(x + ∂x)² + √x²)

Apply the limit.
= 2x2√x²
= x|x|

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chessenthus ·

thank you,Pritish.
I only wanted to know the first step ie. |x|=√x.

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Vivek @ Born this Way ·

+1 Pinkies to Pritish again!

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Saumil Sachdeva ·

|x| can be either +x or -x .......therefore why is the answer not +1 or -1 straight away??????

x/|x| gives the same answer +1 or -1 by my above point......can someone clear my doubt????

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Pritish Chakraborty ·

They asked for differentiation via first principle or ab initio as its called...

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Shubhodip ·

Ur right..but the pink post most elegantly uses the first principle..

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Saumil Sachdeva ·

oh yeah first principle......actually I do not know first principle.....it is in the ncert but my bad I did not read the ncert....and differnciation of tan^2 (x) came in my final exams of 4 marks......and i knew only the answer and nothing else..... :( :(

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