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= Solution

Expand $f(s)=\sqrt s$ about $s=25$, with increment one. Since $f'(25)=1/10$ and $f''(25)=-1/500$, the second-order <Taylor series> approximation is
$$
\boxed{\sqrt{26}\simeq5+\frac1{10}-\frac1{1000}=5.099.}
$$
The third derivative is $3/(8s^{5/2})>0$, decreasing on $[25,26]$. The <Taylor remainder> is therefore positive and less than $f'''(25)/6=1/50000$, so $0<\sqrt{26}-5.099<0.00002$.

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