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If x=t3x = t^3, y=t2y = t^2 then d2ydx2\frac{d^2y}{dx^2} is equal to:

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✅ Correct Option: 4

Given x=t3x = t^3 and y=t2y = t^2.

Since both xx and yy are in parametric form:

dydx=dy/dtdx/dt\frac{dy}{dx} = \frac{dy/dt}{dx/dt}

Finding the derivatives with respect to tt:

dydt=2t\frac{dy}{dt} = 2t

dxdt=3t2\frac{dx}{dt} = 3t^2

Therefore:

dydx=2t3t2\frac{dy}{dx} = \frac{2t}{3t^2}

dydx=23t\frac{dy}{dx} = \frac{2}{3t}


For the second derivative in parametric form:

d2ydx2=ddt(dydx)×dtdx\frac{d^2y}{dx^2} = \frac{d}{dt}\left(\frac{dy}{dx}\right) \times \frac{dt}{dx}

Rewriting dydx=23t=23⋅t−1\frac{dy}{dx} = \frac{2}{3t} = \frac{2}{3} \cdot t^{-1}

Differentiating with respect to tt:

ddt(dydx)=23×(−1)t−2\frac{d}{dt}\left(\frac{dy}{dx}\right) = \frac{2}{3} \times (-1)t^{-2}

ddt(dydx)=−23t2\frac{d}{dt}\left(\frac{dy}{dx}\right) = -\frac{2}{3t^2}


Since dxdt=3t2\frac{dx}{dt} = 3t^2:

dtdx=13t2\frac{dt}{dx} = \frac{1}{3t^2}


Combining the results:

d2ydx2=−23t2×13t2\frac{d^2y}{dx^2} = -\frac{2}{3t^2} \times \frac{1}{3t^2}

d2ydx2=−29t4\frac{d^2y}{dx^2} = -\frac{2}{9t^4}

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