In ur question,
y=2tan
-1(

(x-a)/(b-x))
Differentiating both sides wrt x,
dy/dx = 2/((x-a)/(b-x) +1) [ (((

(b-x))/2

(x-a)) - ((

(x-a))(-1)/2

(b-x)) ] / (b-x)
On solving ,
dy/dx = 1/

(b-x)(x-a)
Squaring both sides,
(dy/dx)2 = 1/(b-x)(x-a)
(dy/dx)2+1/(x-a)(x-b) = 0
Kindly compute ur question -"such" to "show"