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JEE Main 2026 — 5 April, Evening Shift — Question 48

Let y=y(x)\mathrm{y}=\mathrm{y}(\mathrm{x}) be the solution of the differential equation (tan⁡x)1/2dy=(sec⁡3x−(tan⁡x)3/2y)dx(\tan x)^{1 / 2} d y=\left(\sec ^{3} x-(\tan x)^{3 / 2} y\right) d x, 0<x<π2,y(π4)=6250<\mathrm{x}<\frac{\pi}{2}, \mathrm{y}\left(\frac{\pi}{4}\right)=\frac{6 \sqrt{2}}{5}. If y(π3)=45α\mathrm{y}\left(\frac{\pi}{3}\right)=\frac{4}{5} \alpha, then α4\alpha^{4} equals ____\_\_\_\_.

Answer: 48

Numerical answer — enter this value.

Step-by-step solution

dydx+ytan⁡x=sec⁡3xtan⁡x\frac{d y}{d x}+y \tan x=\frac{\sec ^{3} x}{\sqrt{\tan x}} IF=e∫tan⁡xdx=sec⁡x\mathrm{IF}=\mathrm{e}^{\int \tan \mathrm{x} \mathrm{dx}}=\sec \mathrm{x} ysec⁡x=∫sec⁡4xtan⁡xdxy \sec x=\int \frac{\sec ^{4} x}{\sqrt{\tan x}} d x ysec⁡x=∫(1+tan⁡2x)tan⁡xsec⁡2xdx\mathrm{y} \sec \mathrm{x}=\int \frac{\left(1+\tan ^{2} \mathrm{x}\right)}{\sqrt{\tan \mathrm{x}}} \sec ^{2} \mathrm{xdx} tan⁡x=t\tan \mathrm{x}=\mathrm{t} ysec⁡x=2tan⁡x+25(tan⁡x)5/2+c\mathrm{y} \sec \mathrm{x}=2 \sqrt{\tan \mathrm{x}}+\frac{2}{5}(\tan \mathrm{x})^{5 / 2}+\mathrm{c} y (π4)=625\left(\frac{\pi}{4}\right)=\frac{6 \sqrt{2}}{5} 625×2=2+25+c⇒125=125+c\frac{6 \sqrt{2}}{5} \times \sqrt{2}=2+\frac{2}{5}+\mathrm{c} \Rightarrow \frac{12}{5}=\frac{12}{5}+\mathrm{c} ⇒c=0\Rightarrow \mathrm{c}=0 y(π/3)=85⋅31/4⇒α=2×314\mathrm{y}(\pi / 3)=\frac{8}{5} \cdot 3^{1 / 4} \Rightarrow \alpha=2 \times 3^{\frac{1}{4}} ∴α4=48\therefore \alpha^{4}=48

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Exam
JEE Main 2026
Subject
Mathematics
Chapter
Differential Equations
Topic
Methods of solving a First Order,First Degree Differential
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