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ISC Class 12 Important Derivations

All must-know derivations for ISC Class 12 Physics and Maths — with chapter, marks, and how often they appear in the board exam.

Physics

Electric field due to a uniformly charged infinite plane sheet using Gauss's Law

Electrostatics

5MEvery year

Electric field due to a uniformly charged spherical shell using Gauss's Law (inside and outside)

Electrostatics

5MEvery year

Electric potential at a point due to a point charge

Electrostatics

3MFrequent

Capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor (with and without dielectric)

Electrostatics

3MVery frequent

Energy stored in a charged capacitor (U = ½CV²)

Electrostatics

3MFrequent

Expression for drift velocity of electrons and hence Ohm's Law

Current Electricity

5MEvery year

Principle of Wheatstone bridge using Kirchhoff's laws

Current Electricity

3MFrequent

Force per unit length between two parallel current-carrying conductors; definition of ampere

Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism

3MVery frequent

Expression for torque on a rectangular current loop placed in a uniform magnetic field

Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism

5MEvery year

Working and theory of a moving coil galvanometer

Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism

5MVery frequent

Conversion of galvanometer into ammeter and voltmeter

Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism

3MVery frequent

Expression for EMF induced in a coil rotating uniformly in a magnetic field

Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents

5MEvery year

Expression for energy stored in an inductor (U = ½LI²)

Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents

3MFrequent

Expression for mutual inductance of two long coaxial solenoids

Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents

3MModerate

Expression for impedance of a series LCR circuit; resonance condition

Alternating Currents

5MEvery year

Power dissipated in a series LCR AC circuit; power factor

Alternating Currents

3MVery frequent

Mirror formula: 1/v + 1/u = 1/f using geometry of reflection

Optics — Ray Optics

5MEvery year

Refraction at a single spherical surface: n₂/v − n₁/u = (n₂−n₁)/R

Optics — Ray Optics

5MVery frequent

Lens formula (1/v − 1/u = 1/f) from two refractions at spherical surfaces

Optics — Ray Optics

5MEvery year

Lens maker's formula: 1/f = (n−1)(1/R₁ − 1/R₂)

Optics — Ray Optics

5MVery frequent

Magnifying power of a compound microscope

Optics — Ray Optics

3MFrequent

Magnifying power of an astronomical telescope (normal adjustment)

Optics — Ray Optics

3MFrequent

Expression for fringe width in Young's double slit experiment

Optics — Wave Optics

5MEvery year

Conditions for constructive and destructive interference of light

Optics — Wave Optics

3MFrequent

de Broglie wavelength of an electron accelerated through potential difference V: λ = h/√(2meV)

Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter

3MVery frequent

Einstein's photoelectric equation: KE_max = hν − φ₀

Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter

3MFrequent

Bohr's postulates → expression for radius of nth orbit: rn = n²a₀

Atoms and Nuclei

5MEvery year

Expression for energy of electron in nth Bohr orbit: En = −13.6/n² eV

Atoms and Nuclei

5MVery frequent

Radioactive decay law: N = N₀e^(−λt); expression for half-life

Atoms and Nuclei

3MFrequent

Mathematics

Proof: A·(adj A) = (adj A)·A = |A|·I

Matrices & Determinants

3MFrequent

Proof of property: det(AB) = det A × det B

Matrices & Determinants

3MModerate

Derivation of A⁻¹ = (adj A)/|A| and conditions for existence

Matrices & Determinants

3MFrequent

Derivative from first principles: d/dx(xⁿ) = nxⁿ⁻¹

Differentiation

3MVery frequent

Derivative from first principles: d/dx(sin x) = cos x

Differentiation

3MFrequent

Proof of product rule: d/dx(uv) = u(dv/dx) + v(du/dx)

Differentiation

3MFrequent

Rolle's Theorem statement and geometric interpretation

Applications of Derivatives

3MFrequent

Lagrange's Mean Value Theorem (LMVT) statement and proof sketch

Applications of Derivatives

3MFrequent

Integration by parts: ∫uv dx = u∫v dx − ∫[du/dx·∫v dx]dx (ILATE rule)

Integration

3MEvery year

∫dx/(a²+x²) = (1/a)tan⁻¹(x/a)+C and ∫dx/√(a²−x²) = sin⁻¹(x/a)+C

Integration

3MVery frequent

Proof: ∫[a→b]f(x)dx = ∫[a→b]f(a+b−x)dx

Definite Integrals

3MEvery year

Area between two curves: A = ∫[a→b][f(x)−g(x)]dx

Applications of Integrals

5MEvery year

Solution of linear DE: dy/dx + Py = Q using integrating factor e^∫P dx

Differential Equations

5MEvery year

Reduction of homogeneous DE to separable form using y = vx

Differential Equations

3MVery frequent

Section formula in 3D; position vector of point dividing PQ in ratio m:n

Vectors

3MFrequent

Proof: |a×b|² = |a|²|b|² − (a·b)²

Vectors

3MModerate

Angle between two lines in 3D: cosθ = |l₁l₂+m₁m₂+n₁n₂|

3D Geometry

3MVery frequent

Equation of plane in normal form and distance from origin

3D Geometry

3MFrequent

Perpendicular distance from a point (x₁,y₁,z₁) to plane ax+by+cz+d=0

3D Geometry

3MEvery year

Multiplication theorem: P(A∩B) = P(A)·P(B|A); extension to independent events

Probability

3MFrequent

Bayes' theorem derivation using conditional probability

Probability

5MVery frequent

Mean (np) and variance (npq) of a Binomial distribution B(n,p)

Probability

3MFrequent

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