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Consider the power series
f
(
x
)
=
∑
n
=
0
∞
x
2
n
+
1
2
n
+
1
f(x)=\displaystyle \sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{x^{2n+1}}{2n+1}
f
(
x
)
=
n
=
0
∑
∞
2
n
+
1
x
2
n
+
1
, which converges for
∣
x
∣
<
1
|x|<1
∣
x
∣
<
1
. Using only the first three nonzero terms of
f
′
(
x
)
f'(x)
f
′
(
x
)
, which of the following is the best approximation of
f
′
(
0.2
)
f'(0.2)
f
′
(
0.2
)
? a)
1.0480
1.0480
1.0480
b)
0.9615
0.9615
0.9615
c)
1.0416
1.0416
1.0416
d)
1.0400
1.0400
1.0400
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