Please help me! I was trying to solve this problem but the more I try the more confused I get. I'm even shy to show what I have tried. The problem are the following:
1. Let f(x)=tan^-1(x)
a) Obtain the 3rd degree Taylor polynomial P3(x) and the Taylor remainder R3(x) about c=1 for the given function.
b) Use P3(x) to estimate tan^-1(0.7) and use R3(x) to estimate the error in the approximation.
Please help me! I was trying to solve this problem but the more I try the more confused I get. I'm even shy to show what I have tried. The problem are the following:
1. Let f(x)=tan^-1(x)
a) Obtain the 3rd degree Taylor polynomial P3(x) and the Taylor remainder R3(x) about c=1 for the given function.
b) Use P3(x) to estimate tan^-1(0.7) and use R3(x) to estimate the error in the approximation.
2. Obtain the reduction formula for cos^n[x]dx
Please show us what you have tried - so that we know where to start.
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If you are expanding the arctan function around c=1, then your first term is arctan(1). Do not factor into complex numbers. Compute the derivatives and evaluate at x=1. In other words, use the definition of a Taylor polynomial.
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cos^n[x]dx 
