Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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Chapter 11 - Section 11.11 - Applications of Taylor Polynomials - 11.11 Exercises - Page 781: 25

Answer

Four terms.

Work Step by Step

Consider $f(x)=e^x $ This gives: $f^n(x)=e^x$ Check the Taylor inequality at $x=0.1$ For this, we have $|R_n(x)|\leq \dfrac{M}{(n+1)!}|x-a|^{n+1}$ $\implies |R_2(x)|\leq \dfrac{e^{0.1}}{(2+1)!}|0.1-0|^{2+1}\approx 0.0002$ and $|R_3(x)|\leq \dfrac{e^{0.1}}{(3+1)!}|0.1-0|^{3+1}\approx 0.000005$ Here, it has been seen that $|R_3(x)| \lt 0.00001$ , so we need four terms.
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