Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-709-5

Chapter 9 - Infinite Series - 9.7 Exercises - Page 645: 51

Answer

$n=5$

Work Step by Step

The error $R_n$ can be computed as: $|R_n(0.6)|=|\dfrac{f^{n+1}(z)(x-c)^{n+1}}{(n+1)!}|$ Here, we have: $|R_n(0.6)|=\dfrac{e^{0.6}(0.6)^{n+1}}{(n+1)!}|$ or, $\dfrac{e^{0.6}(0.6)^{n+1}}{(n+1)!}\lt 0.001$ Now, we will use the trail and error method by plugging the different values of $n$. Thus, $|R_2(2)|=\dfrac{e^{0.6}(0.6)^{2+1}}{(2+1)!} \approx 0.066$ $|R_3(3)|=\dfrac{e^{0.6}(0.6)^{3+1}}{(3+1)!} \approx 0.0098$ $|R_4(4)|=\dfrac{e^{0.6}(0.6)^{4+1}}{(4+1)!} \approx 0.0012$ $|R_5(5)|=\dfrac{e^{0.6}(0.6)^{5+1}}{(5+1)!} \approx 0.00012$ We can see that the error is less than $0.001$ for the value of $n=5$.
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