Single Variable Calculus: Early Transcendentals, Books a la Carte, and MyLab Math with Pearson eText -- Title-Specific Access Card Package (3rd Edition)
Single Variable Calculus: Early Transcendentals, Books a la Carte, and MyLab Math with Pearson eText -- Title-Specific Access Card Package (3rd Edition)
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Chapter 11.4, Problem 80E

a.

To determine

To compute: The derivative of erf(x).

b.

To determine

To expand: The Maclaurian series of e−t2 and then integrate to find the first four nonzero terms for erf.

c.

To determine

To find: The approximation of erf(0.15) and erf(−0.09).

d.

To determine

To estimate: The error in the approximations of part c.

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