Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 9 - Power Series - 9.4 Working with Taylor Series - 9.4 Exercises - Page 702: 17

Answer

$\dfrac{3}{5}$

Work Step by Step

Our aim is to find the limit by using a Taylor's series. $L=\lim\limits_{x \to 0} \dfrac{3 \tan^{-1} x-3x+x^3}{x^5}$ Recall the series for $\tan^{-1}(x)=\Sigma_{k =0}^{\infty} (-1)^{k} \dfrac{(x)^{2k+1}}{2k+1}$ Now, $L=\lim\limits_{x \to 0} [\dfrac{3 \Sigma_{k =0}^{\infty} (-1)^{k} \dfrac{(x)^{2k+1}}{2k+1}}{x^5}-\dfrac{2}{x^4}+\dfrac{1}{x^2}]\\=\lim\limits_{x \to 0} [3 (-1)^{0} \dfrac{(x)^{2(0)-4}}{2(0)+1}+3 (-1)^{1} \dfrac{(x)^{2(1)-4}}{2(1)+1}+......]-\dfrac{3}{x^4}+\dfrac{1}{x^2}]\\=\lim\limits_{x \to 0} [\dfrac{3}{5}-\dfrac{3x^2}{7}+\dfrac{3x^4}{9}-.......]\\=\dfrac{3}{5}-\dfrac{3(0)^2}{7}+\dfrac{3(0)^4}{9}-.......]\\=\dfrac{3}{5}$
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