Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
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ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 11 - Section 11.10 - Taylor and Maclaurin Series - 11.10 Exercises - Page 771: 49

Answer

$cos 5^{ \circ}\approx 0.99619$ And the calculator gives: $0.996194696$

Work Step by Step

$cosx=\Sigma_{n=0}^{\infty}(-1)^{n}\frac{x^{2n}}{(2n)!}$ $5^{ \circ}\times \frac{\pi}{180}=0.087266463$ $1-\frac{0.087266463^{2}}{2!}\approx 0.99619$ Hence, $cos 5^{ \circ}\approx 0.99619$ and calculator gives $0.996194696$
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