Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 9 - Power Series - 9.1 Approximating Functions with Polynomials - 9.1 Exercises - Page 673: 70

Answer

$n=4$

Work Step by Step

The remainder in the n-th order Taylor's polynomial $T_n(x)$ for a function $f(x)$ centered at $a$ can be expressed as: $|R_n(x)|=|f(x)-T_n(x)| \leq (x-a)^{n+1}\dfrac{|x-a|^{n+1}}{(n+1)!}$ We are given that $f(x)= \ln (1+x)$; Then, we have $|f^{n+1}(c)|=\dfrac{(-1)^n n!}{(1+x)^{n+1}}$ Thus, we have $|R_n(x)| =(x-a)^{n+1}\dfrac{f^{n+1}(c)}{(n+1)!} =\dfrac{\dfrac{(-1)^n n!}{(1+x)^{n+1}}}{(n+1)!} (x-a)^{n+1} $ or, $\dfrac{(0.3)^{n+1}}{n+1} \leq 10^{3}$ or, $n=4$
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