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A Graphical Approach to College Algebra

John Hornsby,Margaret L. Lial,Gary Rockswold

Chapter 8

Further Topics in Algebra - all with Video Answers

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Section 1

Sequences and Series

01:09

Problem 1

Write the first five terms of each sequence. Do not use a calculator. $$a_{n}=4 n+10$$

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Problem 2

Write the first five terms of each sequence. Do not use a calculator. $$a_{n}=6 n-3$$

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00:51

Problem 3

Write the first five terms of each sequence. Do not use a calculator. $$a_{n}=2^{n-1}$$

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00:47

Problem 4

Write the first five terms of each sequence. Do not use a calculator. $$a_{n}=-3^{n}$$

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01:39

Problem 5

Write the first five terms of each sequence. Do not use a calculator. $$a_{n}=\left(\frac{1}{3}\right)^{n}(n-1)$$

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01:24

Problem 6

Write the first five terms of each sequence. Do not use a calculator. $$a_{n}=(-2)^{n}(n)$$

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01:10

Problem 7

Write the first five terms of each sequence. Do not use a calculator. $$a_{n}=(-1)^{n}(2 n)$$

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01:13

Problem 8

Write the first five terms of each sequence. Do not use a calculator. $$a_{n}=(-1)^{n-1}(n+1)$$

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01:35

Problem 9

Write the first five terms of each sequence. Do not use a calculator. $$a_{n}=\frac{4 n-1}{n^{2}+2}$$

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01:11

Problem 10

Write the first five terms of each sequence. Do not use a calculator. $$a_{n}=\frac{n^{2}-1}{n^{2}+1}$$

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01:16

Problem 11

Your friend does not understand what is meant by the $n$ th term, or general term, of a sequence. How would you explain this idea?

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01:47

Problem 12

How are sequences related to functions?

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00:40

Problem 13

Decide whether each sequence is finite or infinite. The sequence of days of the week

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00:47

Problem 14

Decide whether each sequence is finite or infinite. The sequence of dates in the month of November

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00:25

Problem 15

Decide whether each sequence is finite or infinite. $$1,2,3,4$$

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Problem 16

Decide whether each sequence is finite or infinite. $$-1,-2,-3,-4$$

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00:34

Problem 17

Decide whether each sequence is finite or infinite. $$1,2,3,4, \dots$$

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00:31

Problem 18

Decide whether each sequence is finite or infinite. $$-1,-2,-3,-4, \dots$$

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01:01

Problem 19

Decide whether each sequence is finite or infinite. $$a_{1}=3 ; \text { for } 2 \leq n \leq 10, a_{n}=3 \cdot a_{n-1}$$

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01:00

Problem 20

Decide whether each sequence is finite or infinite. $$a_{1}=1 ; a_{2}=3 ; \text { for } n \geq 3, a_{n}=a_{n-1}+a_{n-2}$$

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01:23

Problem 21

Find the first four terms of each sequence. $$a_{1}=-2, a_{n}=a_{n-1}+3, \text { for } n>1$$

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01:22

Problem 22

Find the first four terms of each sequence. $$a_{1}=-1, a_{n}=a_{n-1}-4, \text { for } n>1$$

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01:33

Problem 23

Find the first four terms of each sequence. $$a_{1}=1, a_{2}=1, a_{n}=a_{n-1}+a_{n-2}, \text { for } n \geq 3$$ (the Fibonacci sequence)

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01:21

Problem 24

Find the first four terms of each sequence. $$a_{1}=2, a_{n}=n \cdot a_{n-1}, \text { for } n>1$$

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02:05

Problem 25

Find the first four terms of each sequence. $$a_{1}=5, a_{n}=3 n+3 a_{n-1}, \text { for } n>1$$

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01:43

Problem 26

Find the first four terms of each sequence. $$a_{1}=0, a_{n}=3+n \cdot a_{n-1}, \text { for } n>1$$

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01:35

Problem 27

Find the first four terms of each sequence. $$a_{1}=2, a_{2}=3, a_{n}=a_{n-1} \cdot a_{n-2} \text { for } n>2$$

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02:09

Problem 28

Find the first four terms of each sequence. $$a_{1}=2, a_{2}=1, a_{n}=2 a_{n-1}^{2}+a_{n-2}, \text { for } n>2$$

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01:13

Problem 29

Find the sum for each series. $$\sum_{i=1}^{5}(2 i+1)$$

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01:03

Problem 30

Find the sum for each series. $$\sum_{i=1}^{6}(3 i-2)$$

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00:58

Problem 31

Find the sum for each series. $$\sum_{j=1}^{4} \frac{1}{j}$$

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Problem 32

Find the sum for each series. $$\sum_{i=1}^{5} \frac{1}{i+1}$$

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00:52

Problem 33

Find the sum for each series. $$\sum_{i=1}^{4} i^{i}$$

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Problem 34

Find the sum for each series. $$\sum_{i=1}^{5} i^{i-1}$$

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01:00

Problem 35

Find the sum for each series. $$\sum_{k=1}^{6}(-1)^{k} \cdot k$$

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01:48

Problem 36

Find the sum for each series. $$\sum_{i=1}^{7}(-1)^{i+1} \cdot i^{2}$$

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01:28

Problem 37

Find the sum for each series. $$\sum_{i=2}^{5}(6-3 i)$$

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01:41

Problem 38

Find the sum for each series. $$\sum_{i=3}^{7}(5 i+2)$$

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01:05

Problem 39

Find the sum for each series. $$\sum_{i=-2}^{3} 2(3)^{i}$$

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00:54

Problem 40

Find the sum for each series. $$\sum_{i=-1}^{2} 5(2)^{i}$$

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01:17

Problem 41

Find the sum for each series. $$\sum_{i=1}^{5}\left(i^{2}-2 i\right)$$

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01:04

Problem 42

Find the sum for each series. $$\sum_{i=3}^{6}\left(2 i^{2}+1\right)$$

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00:57

Problem 43

Find the sum for each series. $$\sum_{i=1}^{5}\left(3^{i}-4\right)$$

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01:08

Problem 44

Find the sum for each series. $$\sum_{i=1}^{4}\left[(-2)^{i}-3\right]$$

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00:40

Problem 45

Evaluate the terms of each sum, where $x_{1}=-2, x_{2}=-1, x_{3}=0, x_{4}=1,$ and $x_{5}=2$. $$\sum_{i=1}^{5} x_{i}$$

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00:41

Problem 46

Evaluate the terms of each sum, where $x_{1}=-2, x_{2}=-1, x_{3}=0, x_{4}=1,$ and $x_{5}=2$. $$\sum_{i=1}^{5}-x_{i}$$

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00:56

Problem 47

Evaluate the terms of each sum, where $x_{1}=-2, x_{2}=-1, x_{3}=0, x_{4}=1,$ and $x_{5}=2$. $$\sum_{i=1}^{5}\left(2 x_{i}+3\right)$$

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Problem 48

Evaluate the terms of each sum, where $x_{1}=-2, x_{2}=-1, x_{3}=0, x_{4}=1,$ and $x_{5}=2$. $$\sum_{i=1}^{4}\left(4-6 x_{i}\right)$$

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Problem 49

Evaluate the terms of each sum, where $x_{1}=-2, x_{2}=-1, x_{3}=0, x_{4}=1,$ and $x_{5}=2$. $$\sum_{i=1}^{3}\left(3 x_{i}-x_{i}^{2}\right)$$

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00:52

Problem 50

Evaluate the terms of each sum, where $x_{1}=-2, x_{2}=-1, x_{3}=0, x_{4}=1,$ and $x_{5}=2$. $$\sum_{i=1}^{3}\left(x_{i}^{2}+1\right)$$

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01:13

Problem 51

Evaluate the terms of each sum, where $x_{1}=-2, x_{2}=-1, x_{3}=0, x_{4}=1,$ and $x_{5}=2$. $$\sum_{i=2}^{5} \frac{x_{i}+1}{x_{i}+2}$$

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01:10

Problem 52

Evaluate the terms of each sum, where $x_{1}=-2, x_{2}=-1, x_{3}=0, x_{4}=1,$ and $x_{5}=2$. $$\sum_{i=1}^{5} \frac{x_{i}}{x_{i}+3}$$

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01:32

Problem 53

Evaluate the terms of $\sum_{i=1}^{4} f\left(x_{i}\right) \Delta x,$ with $x_{1}=0, x_{2}=2, x_{3}=4, x_{4}=6,$ and $\Delta x=0.5,$ for each function. $$f(x)=4 x-7$$

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01:02

Problem 54

Evaluate the terms of $\sum_{i=1}^{4} f\left(x_{i}\right) \Delta x,$ with $x_{1}=0, x_{2}=2, x_{3}=4, x_{4}=6,$ and $\Delta x=0.5,$ for each function. $$f(x)=6+2 x$$

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Problem 55

Evaluate the terms of $\sum_{i=1}^{4} f\left(x_{i}\right) \Delta x,$ with $x_{1}=0, x_{2}=2, x_{3}=4, x_{4}=6,$ and $\Delta x=0.5,$ for each function. $$f(x)=2 x^{2}$$

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00:56

Problem 56

Evaluate the terms of $\sum_{i=1}^{4} f\left(x_{i}\right) \Delta x,$ with $x_{1}=0, x_{2}=2, x_{3}=4, x_{4}=6,$ and $\Delta x=0.5,$ for each function. $$f(x)=x^{2}-1$$

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01:35

Problem 57

Evaluate the terms of $\sum_{i=1}^{4} f\left(x_{i}\right) \Delta x,$ with $x_{1}=0, x_{2}=2, x_{3}=4, x_{4}=6,$ and $\Delta x=0.5,$ for each function. $$f(x)=\frac{-2}{x+1}$$

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01:36

Problem 58

Evaluate the terms of $\sum_{i=1}^{4} f\left(x_{i}\right) \Delta x,$ with $x_{1}=0, x_{2}=2, x_{3}=4, x_{4}=6,$ and $\Delta x=0.5,$ for each function. $$f(x)=\frac{5}{2 x-1}$$

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00:18

Problem 59

Find the sum for each series. $$\sum_{i=1}^{100} 6$$

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00:22

Problem 60

Find the sum for each series. $$\sum_{i=1}^{20} \frac{1}{2}$$

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00:42

Problem 61

Find the sum for each series. $$\sum_{i=1}^{15} i^{2}$$

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01:04

Problem 62

Find the sum for each series. $$\sum_{i=1}^{50} 2 i^{3}$$

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00:57

Problem 63

Find the sum for each series. $$\sum_{i=1}^{5}(5 i+3)$$

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00:43

Problem 64

Find the sum for each series. $$\sum_{i=1}^{5}(8 i-1)$$

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01:58

Problem 65

Find the sum for each series. $$\sum_{i=1}^{5}\left(4 i^{2}-2 i+6\right)$$

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01:52

Problem 66

Find the sum for each series. $$\sum_{i=1}^{6}\left(2+i-i^{2}\right)$$

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01:50

Problem 67

Find the sum for each series. $$\sum_{i=1}^{4}\left(3 i^{3}+2 i-4\right)$$

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Problem 68

Find the sum for each series. $$\sum_{i=1}^{6}\left(i^{2}+2 i^{3}\right)$$

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02:15

Problem 69

Find the sum for each series. $$\sum_{i=1}^{60}\left(i^{3}-2 i^{2}\right)$$

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01:34

Problem 70

Find the sum for each series. $$\sum_{i=1}^{43}\left(15 i^{2}-2\right)$$

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02:50

Problem 71

Find the sum for each series. $$\sum_{i=1}^{77}\left(i^{2}+52 i+672\right)$$

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02:39

Problem 72

Find the sum for each series. $$\sum_{i=1}^{52}\left(i^{2}+27 i+180\right)$$

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Problem 73

Use summation notation to write each series. Start the index at $i=1$. $$\frac{2}{5(1)}+\frac{2}{5(2)}+\frac{2}{5(3)}+\dots+\frac{2}{5(100)}$$

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Problem 74

Use summation notation to write each series. Start the index at $i=1$. $$\frac{1}{1+1}+\frac{2}{2+1}+\frac{3}{3+1}+\dots+\frac{25}{25+1}$$

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Problem 75

Use summation notation to write each series. Start the index at $i=1$. $$1+\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{4}+\dots+\frac{1}{9}$$

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01:54

Problem 76

Use summation notation to write each series. Start the index at $i=1$. $$-\frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{9}-\frac{1}{27}+\frac{1}{81}-\dots-\frac{1}{2187}$$

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01:42

Problem 77

Use a graphing calculator to graph the first 10 terms of each sequence. Make a conjecture as to whether the sequence converges or diverges. If you think it converges, determine the number to which it converges. $$a_{n}=\frac{n+4}{2 n}$$

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Problem 78

Use a graphing calculator to graph the first 10 terms of each sequence. Make a conjecture as to whether the sequence converges or diverges. If you think it converges, determine the number to which it converges. $$a_{n}=\frac{1+4 n}{2 n}$$

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Problem 79

Use a graphing calculator to graph the first 10 terms of each sequence. Make a conjecture as to whether the sequence converges or diverges. If you think it converges, determine the number to which it converges. $$a_{n}=2 e^{n}$$

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Problem 80

Use a graphing calculator to graph the first 10 terms of each sequence. Make a conjecture as to whether the sequence converges or diverges. If you think it converges, determine the number to which it converges. $$a_{n}=n(n+2)$$

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Problem 81

Use a graphing calculator to graph the first 10 terms of each sequence. Make a conjecture as to whether the sequence converges or diverges. If you think it converges, determine the number to which it converges. $$a_{n}=\left(1+\frac{1}{n}\right)^{n}$$

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Problem 82

Use a graphing calculator to graph the first 10 terms of each sequence. Make a conjecture as to whether the sequence converges or diverges. If you think it converges, determine the number to which it converges. $$a_{n}=5-\frac{1}{n}$$

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02:01

Problem 83

Solve each problem. Find the sum of the first six terms of the series $$\frac{\pi^{4}}{90}=\frac{1}{1^{4}}+\frac{1}{2^{4}}+\frac{1}{3^{4}}+\frac{1}{4^{4}}+\frac{1}{5^{4}}+\cdots+\frac{1}{n^{4}}+\cdots$$ Use your result to estimate $\pi$. Compare your answer with the actual value of $\pi$.

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03:46

Problem 84

Solve each problem. Suppose an insect population density in thousands per acre during year $n$ can be modeled by the following recursively defined sequence. $$\begin{aligned}&a_{1}=8\\&a_{n}=2.9 a_{n-1}-0.2 a_{n-1}^{2}, \text { for } n>1\end{aligned}$$ (a) Find the population for $n=1,2,3$. (b) Graph the sequence for $n=1,2,3, \ldots, 20 .$ Use the window $[0,21]$ by $[0,14] .$ Interpret the graph.

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Problem 85

Solve each problem. If certain bacteria are cultured in a medium with sufficient nutrients, they will double in size and then divide every 40 minutes. Let $N_{1}$ be the initial number of bacteria cells, $N_{2}$ the number after 40 minutes, $N_{3}$ the number after 80 minutes, and $N_{j}$ the number after $40(j-1)$ minutes. (a) Write $N_{j+1}$ in terms of $N_{j}$ for $j \geq 1$. (b) Determine the number of bacteria after two hours if $N_{1}=230$. (c) Graph the sequence $N_{j}$ for $j=1,2,3, \ldots, 7 .$ Use the window $[0,10]$ by $[0,15,000]$. (d) Describe the growth of these bacteria when there are unlimited nutrients.

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03:20

Problem 86

Solve each problem. Refer to Exercise $85 .$ If the bacteria are not cultured in a medium with sufficient nutrients, competition will ensue and the growth will slow. According to Verhulst's model, the number of bacteria $N_{j}$ at time $40(j-1)$ minutes can be determined by the sequence $$N_{j+1}=\left[\frac{2}{1+\left(N_{j} / K\right)}\right] N_{j}$$, where $K$ is a constant and $j \geq 1$. (a) If $N_{1}=230$ and $K=5000,$ make a table of $N_{j}$ for $j=1,2,3, \ldots, 20 .$ Round values in the table to the nearest integer.
(b) Graph the sequence $N_{j}$ for $j=1,2,3, \ldots, 20 .$ Use the window $[0,20]$ by $[0,6000]$.
(c) Describe the growth of these bacteria when there are limited nutrients.
(d) Make a conjecture as to why $K$ is called the saturation constant. Test your conjecture by changing the value of $K$ in the given formula.

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02:11

Problem 87

Solve each problem. The series $$e^{a} \approx 1+a+\frac{a^{2}}{2 !}+\frac{a^{3}}{3 !}+\cdots+\frac{a^{n}}{n !}$$ where $$n !=1 \cdot 2 \cdot 3 \cdot 4 \cdot \dots \cdot n$$. can be used to estimate the value of $e^{a}$ for any real number $a$. Use the first eight terms of this series to approximate each expression. Compare this estimate with the actual value. Give values to six decimal places. (a) $e$ (b) $e^{-1}$ (c) $\sqrt{e}$

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