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Mathematics

Problem

For f(x)=ln⁡(1+x)f(x)=\ln(1+x), the remainder after nn terms of the Maclaurin series satisfies ∣Rn(x)∣≤∣x∣ n+1n+1|R_{n}(x)|\le \dfrac{|x|^{\,n+1}}{n+1} when ∣x∣≤0.2|x|\le 0.2. Determine the smallest integer nn for which ∣Rn(0.2)∣≤10−4|R_{n}(0.2)|\le 10^{-4}.

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