Calculus (3rd Edition)

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 1464125260
ISBN 13: 978-1-46412-526-3

Chapter 3 - Differentiation - 3.1 Definition of the Derivative - Exercises - Page 105: 73

Answer

$$ C \approx 0.2 \text { farads. } $$

Work Step by Step

Use $$f^{\prime}(a)=\frac{1}{2}\left(\frac{f(a+h)-f(a)}{h}+\frac{f(a-h)-f(a)}{-h}\right)=\frac{f(a+h)-f(a-h)}{2 h}$$ Solving $i(4)=C v^{\prime}(4)+(1 / R) v(4)$ for $C$ yields $$ C=\frac{i(4)-(1 / R) v(4)}{v^{\prime}(4)}=\frac{34.1-\frac{420}{200}}{v^{\prime}(4)} $$ To compute $C,$ we first approximate $v^{\prime}(4) .$ Taking $h=0.1,$ we find $$ v^{\prime}(4) \approx \frac{v(4.1)-v(3.9)}{0.2}=\frac{436.2-404.2}{0.2}=160 $$ Plugging this in to the equation above yields $$ C \approx \frac{34.1-2.1}{160}=0.2 \text { farads. } $$
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