Calculus with Applications (10th Edition)

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Chapter 12 - Sequences and Series - Chapter Review - Review Exercises - Page 662: 24

Answer

$${P_4}\left( x \right) = 8 + 3x + \frac{3}{{16}}{x^2} - \frac{1}{{128}}{x^3} + \frac{3}{{4096}}{x^4}$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & f\left( x \right) = {\left( {4 + x} \right)^{3/2}} \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( {4 + x} \right)}^{3/2}}} \right] = \frac{3}{2}{\left( {4 + x} \right)^{1/2}} \cr & {f^{\left( 2 \right)}}\left( x \right) = \frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {\frac{3}{2}{{\left( {4 + x} \right)}^{ - 1/2}}} \right] = \frac{3}{2}\left( {\frac{1}{2}} \right){\left( {4 + x} \right)^{ - 1/2}} = \frac{3}{4}{\left( {4 + x} \right)^{ - 1/2}} \cr & {f^{\left( 3 \right)}}\left( x \right) = \frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ { - \frac{3}{4}{{\left( {4 + x} \right)}^{ - 3/2}}} \right] = \frac{3}{4}\left( { - \frac{1}{2}} \right){\left( {4 + x} \right)^{ - 3/2}} = - \frac{3}{8}{\left( {4 + x} \right)^{ - 3/2}} \cr & {f^{\left( 4 \right)}}\left( x \right) = \frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {\frac{9}{8}{{\left( {4 + x} \right)}^{ - 5/2}}} \right] = - \frac{3}{8}\left( { - \frac{3}{2}} \right){\left( {4 + x} \right)^{ - 5/2}} = \frac{9}{{16}}{\left( {4 + x} \right)^{ - 5/2}} \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( {4 + 0} \right)^{3/2}} = 8 \cr & {f^{\left( 1 \right)}}\left( 0 \right) = \frac{3}{2}{\left( {4 + 0} \right)^{1/2}} = 3 \cr & {f^{\left( 2 \right)}}\left( 0 \right) = \frac{3}{4}{\left( {4 + 0} \right)^{ - 1/2}} = \frac{3}{8} \cr & {f^{\left( 3 \right)}}\left( 0 \right) = - \frac{3}{8}{\left( {4 + 0} \right)^{ - 3/2}} = - \frac{3}{{64}} \cr & {f^{\left( 4 \right)}}\left( 0 \right) = \frac{9}{{16}}{\left( {4 + 0} \right)^{ - 5/2}} = \frac{9}{{512}} \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) = 8 + \frac{3}{{1!}}x + \frac{{3/8}}{{2!}}{x^2} + \frac{{ - 3/64}}{{3!}}{x^3} + \frac{{9/512}}{{4!}}{x^4} \cr & {\text{simplify }} \cr & {P_4}\left( x \right) = 8 + 3x + \frac{3}{{16}}{x^2} - \frac{1}{{128}}{x^3} + \frac{3}{{4096}}{x^4} \cr} $$
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