Calculus with Applications (10th Edition)

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Chapter 12 - Sequences and Series - Chapter Review - Review Exercises - Page 662: 20

Answer

$${P_4}\left( x \right) = 3 + \frac{1}{{27}}x - \frac{1}{{2187}}{x^2} + \frac{5}{{531,441}}{x^3} - \frac{{10}}{{43,046,721}}{x^4}$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & f\left( x \right) = \root 3 \of {x + 27} \cr & f\left( x \right) = {\left( {x + 27} \right)^{1/3}} \cr & {\text{Use the definition of Taylor Polynomial of Degree }}n\,\,\,\left( {{\text{see page 629}}} \right) \cr & {\text{Let }}f{\text{ be a function that can be differentiated }}n{\text{ times at 0}}{\text{. The Taylor }} \cr & {\text{polynomial of degree }}n{\text{ for }}f{\text{ at 0 is }} \cr & {P_n}\left( x \right) = f\left( 0 \right) + \frac{{{f^{\left( 1 \right)}}\left( 0 \right)}}{{1!}}x + \frac{{{f^{\left( 2 \right)}}\left( 0 \right)}}{{2!}}{x^2} + \cdots + \frac{{{f^{\left( n \right)}}\left( 0 \right)}}{{n!}}{x^n} = \sum\limits_{i = 0}^n {\frac{{{f^{\left( n \right)}}\left( 0 \right)}}{{i!}}} {x^i} \cr & {\text{Find the Taylor polynomials of degree 4 at 0}}{\text{. }} \cr & {\text{then }}n = 4. \cr & {\text{The }}n{\text{ - th derivatives are}} \cr & {f^{\left( 1 \right)}}\left( x \right) = \frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {{{\left( {x + 27} \right)}^{1/3}}} \right] = \frac{1}{3}{\left( {x + 27} \right)^{ - 2/3}} \cr & {f^{\left( 2 \right)}}\left( x \right) = \frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {\frac{1}{3}{{\left( {x + 27} \right)}^{ - 2/3}}} \right] = - \frac{2}{9}{\left( {x + 27} \right)^{ - 5/3}} \cr & {f^{\left( 3 \right)}}\left( x \right) = \frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ { - \frac{2}{9}{{\left( {x + 27} \right)}^{ - 5/3}}} \right] = \frac{{10}}{{27}}{\left( {x + 27} \right)^{ - 8/3}} \cr & {f^{\left( 4 \right)}}\left( x \right) = \frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {\frac{{10}}{{27}}{{\left( {x + 27} \right)}^{ - 8/3}}} \right] = - \frac{{80}}{{81}}{\left( {x + 27} \right)^{ - 11/3}} \cr & {\text{evaluate }}f\left( 0 \right),{f^{\left( 1 \right)}}\left( 0 \right),{f^{\left( 2 \right)}}\left( 0 \right),{f^{\left( 3 \right)}}\left( 0 \right),{f^{\left( 4 \right)}}\left( 0 \right) \cr & f\left( 0 \right) = {\left( {0 + 27} \right)^{1/3}} = 3 \cr & {f^{\left( 1 \right)}}\left( 0 \right) = \frac{1}{3}{\left( {0 + 27} \right)^{ - 2/3}} = \frac{1}{{27}} \cr & {f^{\left( 2 \right)}}\left( 0 \right) = - \frac{2}{9}{\left( {0 + 27} \right)^{ - 5/3}} = - \frac{2}{{2187}} \cr & {f^{\left( 3 \right)}}\left( 0 \right) = \frac{{10}}{{27}}{\left( {0 + 27} \right)^{ - 8/3}} = \frac{{10}}{{177,147}} \cr & {f^{\left( 4 \right)}}\left( 0 \right) = - \frac{{80}}{{81}}{\left( {0 + 27} \right)^{ - 11/3}} = - \frac{{80}}{{14,348,907}} \cr & {\text{Replace the found values into the definition of Taylor Polynomial of Degree }}n \cr & {\text{for }}n = 4 \cr & {P_4}\left( x \right) = f\left( 0 \right) + \frac{{{f^{\left( 1 \right)}}\left( 0 \right)}}{{1!}}x + \frac{{{f^{\left( 2 \right)}}\left( 0 \right)}}{{2!}}{x^2} + \frac{{{f^{\left( 3 \right)}}\left( 0 \right)}}{{3!}}{x^3} + \frac{{{f^{\left( 4 \right)}}\left( 0 \right)}}{{4!}}{x^4} \cr & {P_4}\left( x \right) = 3 + \frac{{1/27}}{{1!}}x + \frac{{ - 2/2187}}{{2!}}{x^2} + \frac{{10/177,147}}{{3!}}{x^3} + \frac{{ - 80/14,348,907}}{{4!}}{x^4} \cr & {\text{simplify by using a calculator}} \cr & {P_4}\left( x \right) = 3 + \frac{1}{{27}}x - \frac{1}{{2187}}{x^2} + \frac{5}{{531,441}}{x^3} - \frac{{10}}{{43,046,721}}{x^4} \cr} $$
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