Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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Chapter 11 - Section 11.11 - Applications of Taylor Polynomials - 11.11 Exercises - Page 781: 30

Answer

The fifth degree Taylor polynomial approximates $f(5)$ with error less than $0.0002$.

Work Step by Step

Given: $f^n(x)=\dfrac{(-1)^{n}n!}{3^n(n+1)}$ and $a=4$ This gives: $f(5)=\dfrac{(-1)^{6}6!}{3^6(7)}=\dfrac{80}{567}$ Out next term would be: $(\dfrac{80}{567}) \times \dfrac{(x-4)^{6}}{6!}=\dfrac{(x-4)^6}{5103}$ Now, the absolute value would become: $f(5)=|\dfrac{(5-4)^{6}}{5103}|=\dfrac{1}{5103}$ or, $f(5) \approx 0.000196\lt 0.0002$ we can see that the fifth degree Taylor polynomial approximates $f(5)$ with error less than $0.0002$.
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