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Maclaurin Series Expansion Examples

1. Use the Maclaurin theorem to show that the first two non-zero terms of the expansion series of ln(cos(x)) are -x^2/2 - x^4/12. 2. For the function f(x) = e^(-x/12)cos(x): a) Show that 4f''(x) + 8f'(x) + 5f(x) = 0. Find the Maclaurin series for f(x) up to x^3. b) Find the limit of (f(x) - 1)/x as x approaches 0. 3. Find the values of f'(0), f''

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Maclaurin Series Expansion Examples

1. Use the Maclaurin theorem to show that the first two non-zero terms of the expansion series of ln(cos(x)) are -x^2/2 - x^4/12. 2. For the function f(x) = e^(-x/12)cos(x): a) Show that 4f''(x) + 8f'(x) + 5f(x) = 0. Find the Maclaurin series for f(x) up to x^3. b) Find the limit of (f(x) - 1)/x as x approaches 0. 3. Find the values of f'(0), f''

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Using the Maclaurin theorem show that the first two non-zero terms of the expansion
−1 2 1 4
series of ln (cos x ) is x − x −… [4 marks]
2 12

−x
2. The function f is defined by f ( x )=e cos ( 12 x) ⁡for all values of x.
(a) Show that 4 f ' ' ( x ) +8 f ' ( x )+ 5 f ( x ) =0.
−x
Hence, find the Maclaurin Series of e cos ( 12 x) up to the term in x . [5]
3

f ( x )−1
(b) Find the value of lim . [2]
x →0 x

3. If show that
dy d 2 y d 3 y
Hence, find the values of , , at x=0 .
dx dx 2 dx 3

By using Maclaurin’s theorem, if x is small, show is approximately

equal to State the set of values of x for which the expansion is valid.
[9 marks]

4. Given that y = tan ( π4 +x ).


(a) d2 y dy [3 marks]
Show that 2 = 2y .
dx dx

(b)
Using Maclaurin’s theorem, find the series expansion of tan ( π4 + x ) in ascending
powers of x up to and including the term in x4. [6 marks]

2
5. ( x 2 +1 ) d y2 =2 y 2 +(1−2 x) dy . (I)
dx dx

(a) By differentiating equation (I) with respect to x , show that


3 2
( x 2 +1 ) d y3 =(1−4 x ) d y2 +( 4 y−2) dy
dx dx dx
[4 marks]
dy
Given that y=1 and =1 at x=0 ,
dx

(b) find the maclaurin series for y , in ascending powers of x , up to and including the

term in x 3 .
[4 marks]
3 2
d y d y dy
−1 (1+4 x 2 ) +16 x 2 + 8 =0
y=tan 2 x dx 3
dx dx
6. a) Given , show that [3 marks]

Hence, obtain the Maclaurin’s series for tan−1 2 x up to and including the term in x 3 . [3 marks]

8. Using the Maclaurin theorem, find the expansion up to the term in . (4 marks)

Hence, evaluate . (3 marks)

9. It is given that f ( x )=ta n−1 (1+ x ).


'' −1
(a) Find f (0) and f ' (0), and show that f ( 0 )= .
2
[4 marks]
(b) Hence, find the first three non-zero terms of the Maclaurin Series for e x ta n−1( 1+ x ).
[4
marks
]

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