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Let x = x(y) be the solution of the differential equation $$y = \left(x-y\frac{dx}{dy}\right)\sin \left(\frac{x}{y}\right),y > 0$$ and $$x(1)=\frac{\pi}{2}$$. Then $$\cos (x(2))$$ is equals to :
We need to solve the differential equation $$y = (x - y\frac{dx}{dy})\sin(\frac{x}{y})$$ with $$x(1) = \frac{\pi}{2}$$.
Rearrange
$$y = x\sin(\frac{x}{y}) - y\frac{dx}{dy}\sin(\frac{x}{y})$$
$$y\frac{dx}{dy}\sin(\frac{x}{y}) = x\sin(\frac{x}{y}) - y$$
Substitute $$v = \frac{x}{y}$$, so $$x = vy$$
$$\frac{dx}{dy} = v + y\frac{dv}{dy}$$
Substituting:
$$y(v + y\frac{dv}{dy})\sin v = vy\sin v - y$$
$$vy\sin v + y^2\frac{dv}{dy}\sin v = vy\sin v - y$$
$$y^2\frac{dv}{dy}\sin v = -y$$
$$y\frac{dv}{dy}\sin v = -1$$
$$\sin v \, dv = -\frac{dy}{y}$$
Integrate both sides
$$\int \sin v \, dv = -\int \frac{dy}{y}$$
$$-\cos v = -\ln y + C$$
$$\cos v = \ln y - C$$
$$\cos(\frac{x}{y}) = \ln y + C$$
Apply initial condition $$x(1) = \frac{\pi}{2}$$
$$\cos(\frac{\pi/2}{1}) = \ln 1 + C$$
$$0 = 0 + C$$
$$C = 0$$
So $$\cos(\frac{x}{y}) = \ln y$$.
Find $$\cos(x(2))$$
At y = 2: $$\cos(\frac{x}{2}) = \ln 2$$
$$\frac{x}{2} = \cos^{-1}(\ln 2)$$
We need $$\cos(x(2)) = \cos(2 \cdot \cos^{-1}(\ln 2))$$.
Using the double angle formula: $$\cos(2\theta) = 2\cos^2\theta - 1$$
Let $$\theta = \cos^{-1}(\ln 2)$$, so $$\cos\theta = \ln 2$$.
$$\cos(x(2)) = 2(\ln 2)^2 - 1$$
The correct answer is Option 4: $$2(\log_e 2)^2 - 1$$.
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