Name ______________________________________ Date _____________ Period ___ Score ______ Chapter 11 Take Home Test 120 points possible

Please read the directions, show all work, and box your answers!! Problems #1-15 (4 points each) C 1. The graph of the function represented by the Maclaurin series intersects the graph of (A) 0.718 (B) 0.738 (C) 0.758 (D) 0.778 (E) 0.798 at the point where x =

C 2. Let f be a function having 5 derivatives on the interval [2, 2.9] and assume that

for all

x in the interval [2, 2.9]. If the fourth degree Taylor polynomial for f about x = 2 is used to approximate f on the interval [2, 2.9], what is the Lagrange error bound for the maximum error on the interval [2, 2.9]? (A) 0.004 (B) 0.011 (C) 0.022 (D) 0.033 (E) 0.044

3. Let f(x) be the function defined by the power series g(0) = 2, then find g(x).

. If

and

4. What is the interval of convergence for

C 5. Let . If the second degree Taylor polynomial for f about x = 0 is used to approximate f on the interval [0, 2], what is the Lagrange error bound for the maximum error on the interval [0, 2]?

6. The coefficient of (A) -1 (B) -1/6 (C) 1/6 (D) 1/3 (E) 1

in the Taylor series for

about x = 0 is

C 7. On which of the following intervals does the polynomial approximate the function y = cos x? (A) [0, 3] (B) [0, 5] (C) [2, 4] (D) [3,6] (E) [6, 7]

best

8. Let f(x) be a function whose Taylor series converges for all x. If

where

is the nth

derivative of f(x), what degree Taylor polynomial centered at x = 1 is necessary to approximate f(1.2) with an error less than 0.00001? (A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 10

9. Let

What are the first two nonzero terms of the Taylor expansion for f(x) about x = 0?

10. The Maclaurin series

represents the function f(x)=

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) cos (3x+2)

C 11. Let

represent the Taylor polynomial of degree n about x = 0 for

. If

is used ?

to approximate the value of (A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

, then which of the following expressions is NOT less than

12. What is the radius of convergence of the series

13. What is the interval of convergence for

14. (A) 1 (B) -1 (C) (D) /2 (E)

15. What is the Taylor series for

centered at x = 0?

Free Response Questions (15 points each)

1. Let

The function f, defined above, has derivatives of all orders. Let g be the function defined by . (a) Write the first three nonzero terms and the general term of the Taylor series for cos x about x 0. Use this series to write the first three nonzero terms and the general term of the Taylor series for f about x 0. (b) Use the Taylor series for f about x 0 found in part (a) to determine whether f has a relative maximum, relative minimum, or neither at x 0. Give a reason for your answer. (c) Write the fifth-degree Taylor polynomial for g about x 0. (d) The Taylor series for g about x 0, evaluated at x 1, is an alternating series with individual terms that decrease in absolute value to 0. Use the third-degree Taylor polynomial for g about x 0 to estimate the value of g1. Explain why this estimate differs from the actual value of g1by less than 1/6!.

2. The Maclaurin series for defined by

is for

. The continuous function f is and f(1) = 1. The function f has derivatives of all orders at x = 1.

(a) Write the first four nonzero terms and the general term of the Taylor series for about x 1. (b) Use the Taylor series found in part (a) to write the first four nonzero terms and the general term of the Taylor series for f about x 1. (c) Use the ratio test to find the interval of convergence for the Taylor series found in part (b). (d) Use the Taylor series for f about x 1 to determine whether the graph of f has any points of inflection.

x 1 2 3

h(x) 11 80 317 30 128 753/2 42 488/3 1383/4 99 448/3 3483/16 18 584/9 1125/16

C 3. Let h be a function having derivatives of all orders for x 0. Selected values of h and its first four derivatives are indicated in the table above. The function h and these four derivatives are increasing on the interval (a) Write the first-degree Taylor polynomial for h about x 2 and use it to approximate h1.9. Is this approximation greater than or less than h1.9? Explain your reasoning. (b) Write the third-degree Taylor polynomial for h about x 2 and use it to approximate h1.9. (c) Use the Lagrange error bound to show that the third-degree Taylor polynomial for h about x 2 approximates h1.9with error less than 3 X .

4. Let

(a) Create the fifth degree Taylor polynomial about x = 0 for g. (b) Find the interval of convergence for the series found in part (a). (c) Use partial fractions and the result from part (a) to find the first five terms of the Taylor series for about x = 0.