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The Maclaurin series for
arctan
x
\arctan x
arctan
x
is
x
−
x
3
3
+
x
5
5
−
x
7
7
+
…
x-\dfrac{x^{3}}{3}+\dfrac{x^{5}}{5}-\dfrac{x^{7}}{7}+\dots
x
−
3
x
3
+
5
x
5
−
7
x
7
+
…
. When this series is used to approximate
arctan
(
1
3
)
\arctan\left(\dfrac13\right)
arctan
(
3
1
)
with its first four nonzero terms, calculate the maximum possible error of the approximation.
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