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OpenStudy (adamaero):

Fun calculus Q

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I'm only in 8th grade! :(

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Don't know anything about calculus, sorry mate....

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Sorry! Didn't know you didn't want me to comment!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Okay, so we have the taylor series at \(0\).

OpenStudy (adamaero):

Ya, so a Maclaurin http://mathworld.wolfram.com/MaclaurinSeries.html

OpenStudy (confluxepic):

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OpenStudy (catlover5925):

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[ f(x) = \sum_{n=0}^{\infty}f^{(n)}(0)\frac{x^n}{n!} \]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Ok thanks...@confluxepic !

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Also known as the Maclaurin series.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

We have \(f^{n}(0) = 10^{-n}\)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[ f(x) = \sum_{n=0}^{\infty}f^{(n)}(0)\frac{x^n}{n!} = \sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{1}{10^n}\frac{x^n}{n!} = \sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{(x/10)^n}{n!} \]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Let \(y=x/10\): \[ \sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{(x/10)^n}{n!} =\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{y^n}{n!} = e^y=e^{x/10} \]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Sure enough: \[ f(0) = e^{0/10}=e^0=1 \]And \[ f'(0) = \frac{1}{10}e^{x/10}\Bigg|^{x=0} = \frac 1{10} = 0.1 \]

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