Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 9 - Power Series - 9.1 Approximating Functions with Polynomials - 9.1 Exercises - Page 672: 52

Answer

$R_{n}(x)=\dfrac{\cos [\dfrac{(n+1)\pi}{2}+c](x-\dfrac{\pi}{2})^{(n+1)}}{(n+1)!}$

Work Step by Step

The Remainder Theorem for some points $c$ and $a$ can be expressed as: $R_{n}(x)=\dfrac{f^{n+1}(c)(x-a)^{n+1}}{(n+1)!}~~~~~(1)$ We are given the functions $f(x)=\cos x$ and $a=\dfrac{\pi}{2}$ Put these values in the equation (1) to obtain: $R_{n}(x)=\dfrac{(-1)^{(n+1)}(e^{-c})(x-0)^{(n+1)}}{(n+1)!}$ Thus, we have: $R_{n}(x)=\dfrac{\cos [\dfrac{(n+1)\pi}{2}+c](x-\dfrac{\pi}{2})^{(n+1)}}{(n+1)!}$
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