Barrons AP Calculus - David Bock

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  1. (B) The Maclaurin series is


When an alternating series satisfies the Altering Series Test, the sum is approximated by
using a finite number of terms, and the error is less than the first term omitted. On the
interval −π x π, the maximum error (numerically) occurs when x = π. Since

four terms will suffice to assure no error greater than 0.1.
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