Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 9 - Power Series - Review Exercises - Page 706: 58

Answer

$0.342$

Work Step by Step

The Taylor approximation for a function $\sin x$ centred at $a=0$ can be written as: $p(x)=x-\dfrac{x^3}{3!}+\dfrac{x^5}{5!}-.........$---- Re-write the expression as: $\sqrt {\sin 20^{\circ}}=\sin (20 \times \dfrac{\pi}{180})=\sin (\dfrac{\pi}{9})$ Now, we have: $p(\dfrac{\pi}{9})=\dfrac{\pi}{9}-\dfrac{(\dfrac{\pi}{9})^3}{3!}+\dfrac{(\dfrac{\pi}{9})^5}{5!}-.......=0.342$ Therefore, $\sqrt {\sin 20^{\circ}}=0.342$
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