Find a linear approximation to f(x) = 3xe^{2x-10} at x=5 Find the linear approximation to g(x) = ?x at x=2. Use the linear approximation to approximate the value of ?3 and ?10. Compare the approximated values to the exact values. Compute the differential of f(x) = x^2 - secx Compute the differential of f(x) = ln (2x) - sin (2x) Compute dy and ?y for y = x^5 - 2x^3 + 7x as x changes from 6 to 5.9
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Linear approximation of f(x) = 3xe^(x-10) at x=5 To find the linear approximation, we need to find the tangent line to the function at x=5. The tangent line is given by L(x) = f(a) + f'(a)(x-a), where a is the point at which we want to approximate the function. Show more…
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