find an upper bound on the absolute error that results if the sum of the series is approximated by the nth partial sum.

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perl · Answer

so theres a formula we use for error

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according to this http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/CalcII/EstimatingSeries.aspx the error is | s - sn| < bn+1, s is the sum of the series, sn is the partial sum of the first n terms, bn+1 is the n+1'th term of the absolute value of the expression an

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| s - sn| just means the error, nothing fancy

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