Science:Math Exam Resources/Courses/MATH100/December 2018/Question 08
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Question 08 |
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Let be a differentiable function satisfying the following properties: and Determine with proof an approximation to with the property that the error in the approximation is at most . |
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Hint 1 |
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Use the Maclaurin polynomial. |
Hint 2 |
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Use the Lagrange Remainder Theorem to estimate the error of your approximation. |
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Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. We know that is at least three times differentiable, so we will use the second degree Maclaurin polynomial, which is
That is, is approximated by . To estimate the error of our approximation, by the Lagrange Remainder Theorem we have
where is in the interval . Note that this expression is always positive for in . Furthermore, the numerator is decreasing on this interval and the denominator attains its minimum at , which implies that this error is maximised at . We conclude that the error , as required. |