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: 28

Answer

$$ \approx 1.9924716$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \root 3 \of {7.91} \cr & {\text{Using the result of Taylor polynomial of degree }}4{\text{ at }}x = 0{\text{ found in the exercise 8}} \cr & f\left( x \right) = \root 3 \of {x + 8} {\text{ we found that}} \cr & {P_4}\left( x \right) = 2 + \frac{1}{{12}}x - \frac{1}{{288}}{x^2} + \frac{5}{{20,736}}{x^3} - \frac{5}{{248,832}}{x^4} \cr & {\text{To approximate }}\root 3 \of {7.91} ,{\text{ we must evaluate }}\sqrt { - 0.09 + 8} ,{\text{ then taking }}x = - 0.09 \cr & {P_4}\left( { - 0.09} \right) = 2 + \frac{1}{{12}}\left( { - 0.09} \right) - \frac{1}{{288}}{\left( { - 0.09} \right)^2} + \frac{5}{{20,736}}{\left( { - 0.09} \right)^3} - \frac{5}{{248,832}}{\left( { - 0.09} \right)^4} \cr & {P_4}\left( { - 0.09} \right) = 2 - 0.0075 - 0.000028125 - 0.000000175 - 0.000000001 \cr & {P_4}\left( { - 0.09} \right) = 1.9924716 \cr & {\text{Thus}}{\text{, }}\root 3 \of {7.91} \approx 1.9924716 \cr} $$
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