CALCULUS BC

WORKSHEET ON SERIES

Work the following on notebook paper. Use your calculator only on 10(b).
1. Which of the following is a term in the Taylor series about x = 0 for the
function f  x   cos  2 x  ?
1 2 4 3 2 4 1 5 4 6
(A)  x (B)  x (C) x (D) x (E) x
2 3 3 60 45

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 x  2
n

2. Find the values of x for which the series 
n 1 n  3
n converges.

(A) x = 2 (B) 1  x  5 (C) 1  x  5 (D) 1  x  5 (E) All real numbers

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 2 
3. Let f  x     cos x  . Evaluate f 
3n
.
n 1  3 
1 1 1 8
(A)  (B)  (C) (D) (E) The series diverges.
7 9 7 9

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9 3 1 1
4. Find the sum of the geometric series     ...
8 4 2 3
3 5 13 27 27
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
5 8 24 8 40

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x5 x 7 x 2n1
5. The series x  x3    ...   ... is the Maclaurin series for
2! 3! n!
   
2 2 2
(A) x ln 1  x 2 (B) x ln 1  x 2 (C) e x (D) xe x (E) x 2e x

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6. The coefficient of x3 in the Taylor series for e2x at x = 0 is
1 1 2 4 8
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
6 3 3 3 3

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7. The Taylor polynomial of order 3 at x = 0 for f  x   1  x is
x x 2 3 x3 x x 2 x3 x x 2 x3
(A) 1    (B) 1    (C) 1   
2 4 8 2 8 16 2 8 16
x x 2
x 3 x x 2
3x 3
(D) 1    (E) 1   
2 8 8 2 4 8

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8. The function f has a Taylor series about x = 2 that converges to f  x  for all x in the

interval of convergence. The nth derivative of f at x = 2 is given by f    2  

n  n  1!
3n
for n  1, and f  2   1.
(a) Write the first four terms and the general term of the Taylor series for f about x = 2.
(b) Find the radius of convergence for the Taylor series for f about x = 2. Show the work
that leads to your answer.
(c) Let g be a function satisfying g  2   3 and g   x   f  x  for all x. Write the first four
terms and the general term of the Taylor series for g about x = 2.
(d) Does the Taylor series for g as defined in part (c) converge at x  2? Give a reason
for your answer.
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9. The function f is defined by the power series

f  x  
  1 x 2n
n
1 
x 2 x 4 x6
   ... 
 1 x2n  ...
n

n  0  2n  1! 3! 5! 7!  2n  1!
for all real numbers x.
(a) Find f   0  and f   0  . Determine whether f has a local maximum, a local minimum,
or neither at x = 0. Give a reason for your answer.
(b) Show that the second-degree Taylor polynomial for f about x = 0 approximates f 1
1
with error less than .
100
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10. Let f be a function that has derivatives of all orders on the interval  1, 1 . Assume

that f  0   6, f   0   8, f   0   30, f   0   48, and f    x   75 for all x in (0, 1).

n

(a) Write a third-degree Taylor polynomial for f about x = 0.

(b) Use your answer to (a) to estimate the value of f  0.2  . What is the maximum possible
error in making this estimate? Justify your answer.
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Answers to Worksheet on Series
1. C
2. C
3. B
4. E
5. D
6. D
7. B

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9. (a) f   0   0 and f   0   
3
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Since f   0   0 and f   0    , f has a local maximum at x = 0 by the Second
3
Derivative Test.
1 1
(b) f 1  1    ...
3! 5!
This is an alternating series whose terms are decreasing in size so the error involved in
approximating f 1 by this polynomial is less in magnitude than the first truncated term.
1 1 1
Therefore Error    by the Alternating Series Remainder.
5! 120 100
10. (a) 6  8x  15x2  8x3
(b) f  0.2   8.264

By the Lagrange Error Bound, R3  x  

f
4
 z  x4 
75 x 4
4! 4!
75  0.2 
4

so Error  R3  0.2    0.005

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