Find the Second-Degree Taylor Polynomial For $f ( x ) = \sqrt { x }$

question 54

Essay

Find the second-degree Taylor polynomial for $f ( x ) = \sqrt { x }$ , centered about $a = 100$ . Also obtain a bound for the error in using this polynomial to approximate $\sqrt { 100.1 }$ .

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