Medium MCQ +4 / -1 PYQ · JEE Mains 2025

Let y = y(x) be the solution of the differential equation $(x^2 + 1)y' - 2xy = (x^4 + 2x^2 + 1)\cos x$,

$y(0) = 1$. Then $ \int\limits_{-3}^{3} y(x) \, dx $ is :

  1. A <p>36</p>
  2. B <p>24</p> Correct answer
  3. C <p>18</p>
  4. D <p>30</p>

Solution

<p>$$\begin{aligned} &\begin{aligned} & \left(x^2+1\right) \frac{d y}{d x}-2 x y=\left(x^4+2 x^2+1\right) \cos x \\ & \frac{d y}{d x}-\left(\frac{2 x}{x^2+1}\right) y=\frac{\left(x^2+1\right)^2 \cos x}{c x^2+1}=\left(x^2+1\right) \cos x \end{aligned}\\ &\text { (Linear D.E) }\\ &\mathrm{P}=\frac{-2 \mathrm{x}}{\mathrm{x}^2+1}, \mathrm{Q}=\left(\mathrm{x}^2+1\right) \cos \mathrm{x} \end{aligned}$$</p> <p>$$\begin{aligned} & \text { I.F }=\mathrm{e}^{\int P d x}=\mathrm{e}^{\int \frac{-2 x}{x^2+1} d x}=\frac{1}{x^2+1} \\ & y \cdot \frac{1}{x^2+1}=\int\left(x^2+1\right) \cos x \cdot \frac{1}{x^2+1} d x \\ & \frac{y}{x^2+1}=\sin x+c \Rightarrow y \cos =1 \Rightarrow c=1 \end{aligned}$$</p> <p>$$\begin{aligned} & y=\left(x^2+1\right)(\sin x+1) \\ & \int_{-3}^3 y d x=\int_{-3}^3\left(x^2+1\right)(\sin x+1) \\ & d x=\int_{-3}^3 x^2 \sin x+x^2 \sin x+1 d x \\ & \Rightarrow \int_{-3}^3 x^2 \sin x d x+\int_{-3}^3 x^2 d x+\int_{-3}^3 \sin x d x+\int_{-3}^3 1 d x \\ & =0+18+0+6=24 \end{aligned}$$</p>

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Subject: Mathematics · Chapter: Differential Equations · Topic: Order and Degree

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