University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 9 - Section 9.10 - The Binomial Series and Applications of Taylor Series - Exercises - Page 550: 54

Answer

7 terms

Work Step by Step

The Taylor series for $\ln (1+x)$ can be defined as: $\ln (1+x)=x-\dfrac{ x^2}{2}+\dfrac{x^3}{3}-....$ ; $-1 \leq x \leq 1$ and $\ln (1-x)=-x-\dfrac{ x^2}{2}-\dfrac{x^3}{3}-....$ ; $-1 \leq x \leq 1$ We have $| Error|=|\dfrac{(-1)^n x^n}{n}|$ When $ x=0.1$, then we have $| Error|=|\dfrac{(-1)^n x^n}{n}|=\dfrac{1}{n (10^n)}$ But $\dfrac{1}{n (10^n)} \lt \dfrac{1}{10^8} \implies n \geq 8$ So, we have to consider $7$ terms for the accuracy.
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