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: 52

Answer

$n=3$

Work Step by Step

The error $R_n$ can be computed as: $|R_n(n)|=|\dfrac{f^{n+1}(z)(x-c)^{n+1}}{(n+1)!}|$ Here, we have: $|R_n(0.25)|=\dfrac{(0.25)^{n+1}}{(1+z)^{n+1} (n+1)}$ or, $\dfrac{(0.25)^{n+1}}{(n+1)} \lt 0.001$ Now, we will use the trail and error method by plugging the different values of $n$. Thus, $|R_2(2)|=\dfrac{(0.25)^{2+1}}{(2+1)} \approx 0.005$ $|R_3(3)|=\dfrac{(0.25)^{3+1}}{(3+1)} \approx 0.00098$ We can see that the error is less than $0.001$ for the value of $n=3$.
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