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    The document demonstrates using a Taylor series to approximate the function f(x) = sin(2x) + x near the point x = 2. It calculates the first derivative, uses it to find the linear approximation, and calculates the error between the actual function value and approximation. It then illustrates the linear approximation graphically and calculates the second derivative to estimate the remainder term.

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    The document demonstrates using a Taylor series to approximate the function f(x) = sin(2x) + x near the point x = 2. It calculates the first derivative, uses it to find the linear approximation, and calculates the error between the actual function value and approximation. It then illustrates the linear approximation graphically and calculates the second derivative to estimate the remainder term.

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    The document demonstrates using a Taylor series to approximate the function f(x) = sin(2x) + x near the point x = 2. It calculates the first derivative, uses it to find the linear approximation, and calculates the error between the actual function value and approximation. It then illustrates the linear approximation graphically and calculates the second derivative to estimate the remainder term.

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    Taylor Series Example Function: f ( x) := sin ( 2 x) + x Derivative (slope): dfdx ( x) := 2 cos ( 2 x) + 2 x Function approximation relative to a known point: xi := 2 xih

    := xi + h h := 0.5 xih = 2.5 fih = 4.59 f ( xih) = 5.291 fi := f ( xi) fi = 3.243


    2

    fih := fi + dfdx ( xi) h Error in approximation: Et := f ( xih) fih Illustration of results: tangent line: Et = 0.702

    t ( x) := dfdx ( xi) ( x xi) + fi := 1 xt := xi , xi .. xi + x := 0 , 0.01 .. 3

    10 8 f ( x) t ( xt) 6 4 2 0

    right click on graph and select Trace to look at values

    1.5

    2 x , xt

    2.5

    Remainder calculation: df2dx2 ( x) := 4 sin ( 2 x) + 2 := xi Given Et = initial guess df2dx2 ( ) 2 h 2 = 2.134 Note - could solve for directly instead second derivative

    := Find ( )

    R1 :=

    df2dx2 ( ) 2 h 2

    R1 = 0.702

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