Calculus with Applications (10th Edition)

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Chapter 12 - Sequences and Series - 12.3 Taylor Polynomials at 0 - 12.3 Exercises - Page 631: 21

Answer

$$0.96078944$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & {e^{ - 0.04}} \cr & {\text{Using the result of Taylor polynomial of degree }}4{\text{ at }}x = 0{\text{ found in the exercise 1}} \cr & f\left( x \right) = {e^{ - 2x}}{\text{ we found that}} \cr & {P_4}\left( x \right) = 1 - 2x + 2{x^2} - \frac{4}{3}{x^3} + \frac{2}{3}{x^4} \cr & {\text{To approximate }}{e^{ - 0.04}},{\text{ we must evaluate }}{e^{ - 2\left( {0.02} \right)}},{\text{ then taking }}x = 0.02 \cr & {P_4}\left( {0.02} \right) = 1 - 2\left( {0.02} \right) + 2{\left( {0.02} \right)^2} - \frac{4}{3}{\left( {0.02} \right)^3} + \frac{2}{3}{\left( {0.02} \right)^4} \cr & {P_4}\left( {0.02} \right) = 1 - 0.04 + 0.0008 - 0.000010666 + 0.000000106 \cr & {P_4}\left( {0.02} \right) = 0.96078944 \cr & {\text{Thus}}{\text{, }}{e^{ - 0.04}} \approx 0.96078944 \cr} $$
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