Homework 8

1. Find the first 4 nonzero terms of the Maclaurin series for the function sin(8x).

256x3 4096x5 131072x6

( Answer: 8x − + − + ··· )
3 15 315
5
2. Find the first 4 terms of the Taylor series for the function f (x) = about the point
x
x = −2 .

5 5 5 5
( Answer: − − (x + 2) − (x + 2)2 − (x + 2)3 + · · · )
2 4 8 16
√
3. Find the first 3 nonzero terms of the Taylor series for the function f (x) = 6x − x2 about
the point x = 3.

1 1
( Answer: 3 − (x − 3)2 − (x − 3)3 + · · · )
6 216
4. Compute the 9th derivative of the following functions at x = 0 by using the Maclaurin
series for the given functions.
 3
x cos (2x4 ) − 1
a)f (x) = arctan , b)f (x) =
3 x7

( Answer: a) 40320 , b) 241920 )

Z 1
x sin x3 dx . (Use the first 5


5. Use series to approximate the value of the integral
0
nonzero terms of the series for the approximation)

( Answer: 0.18533014931 )