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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2020 Paper 1 15 b Solution by
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For , the first two derivatives are and . Since ,The first three terms of the Taylor expansion, with , therefore giveFor a check on accuracy, is positive and decreasing on . The Taylor remainder is consequently positive and less than . The approximation is a slight underestimate.
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