MA 2300 Power Series Practice Probblems for Exam 3 MA 2300

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1. What is the Maclaurin series of f (x) = ?
(1 + x)3
+∞
X (n + 1)(n + 2)
A) (−1)n xn
n=0
2
+∞
X
B) (−1)n (n + 1)(n + 2) xn X
n=0

+∞
X (n + 1)(n + 2)
C) (−1)n−1 xn
n=0
2
+∞
X
D) (−1)n (n + 1)(n + 2) xn
n=0

+∞
X (n + 1)(n + 2)
E) xn
n=0
2

+∞
X xn
2. If the Maclaurin series of a fuction f (x) is (−1)n
n=1
3n(n + 6)
then f (6) (0) is equal to

5 5 10 9 8
A) B) C) X D) E)
3 2 3 7 5
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+∞
X (−1)n 3n n
3. Find the interval of convergence of √ x
n=1
n n

A) [0, 1/3]

B) (−1/3, 1/3)

C) [−1/3, 1/3)

D) (−1/3, 1/3]

E) [−1/3, 1/3] X

4. Calculate the first non-zero term of the Maclaurin series of f (x) = ln(sec x)

x2 x2 x3
A) X B) − C) x2 D) −x2 E)
2 2 6
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5. Knowing that the Maclaurin series of ln(1 + x) is given by

+∞
X xn
ln(1 + x) = (−1)n−1
n=1
n

find the smallest number of terms of the series that one needs to add to compute ln(1.1)
with an error less than or equal to 10−8 .

A) 8 B) 3 C) 5 D) 9 E) 7 X

x
6. The Maclaurin series for f (x) = is:
(1 + x2 )2

∞
X
A) (−1)n x2n
n=1

∞
X
B) (−1)n 2nx2n−1
n=1

∞
X
C) (−1)n nx2n−1
n=1

∞
X
D) (−1)n+1 nx2n−1 X
n=1

∞
X (−1)n
E) x2n+1
n=1
2n + 1
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π
7. Find the first three terms of the Taylor series for f (x) = cos x about a = ,
3
√ 
π 2
  
1 3 π 1
A) − x− − x− X
2 2 3 4 3
√ 
π 2
  
1 3 π 1
B) + x− + x−
2 2 3 4 3
√ 
π 2
  
13 π 1
C) − x− − x−
2 2 3 2 3
√ 
π 2
  
13 π 1
D) + x− − x−
2 2 3 4 3
√ 
π 2
  
1 3 π 1
E) − x− + x−
2 2 3 2 3

Z 1
8. Use the first two non-zero terms of the Maclaurin series of ln(cos x) to estimate ln(cos x) dx
0

1 1 1 11 11
A) B) − C) D) E) − X
5 5 6 60 60
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9. If we compute the sum of the fewest terms necessary to guarantee that the error is less
than 0.05, using Estimation Theorem for Alternating Series, then what is the estimate for
e−1 ?

11 3 3 2 1
A) B) C) D) E) X
8 8 7 5 3

+∞
X
10. Suppose that the series cn (x − 3)n converges when x = 1 and diverges when x = 7.
n=1
From the above information, which of the following statements can we conclude to be true?

I. The radius of convergence is R ≥ 2.

II. The power series converges at x = 4.5
III. The power series diverges at x = 6.5

A) I and II only X

B) I and III only

C) II and III only

D) All of them

E) None of them
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11. Find the coefficient of x6 in the power series expansion of
1 + 2x2

A) 8 B) −8 C) 32 D) −16 X E) −64

12. The power series representation (centered at a = 0) and the interval of convergence for
f (x) = ln(4 − x2 ) are:

+∞
X x2n+2
A) − I = (−2, 2)
n=0
(2n + 2)4n+1

+∞
X x2n+2
B) −2 I = (−2, 2)
n=0
(2n + 2)4n+1

+∞
X x2n+2
C) −2 + ln 4 I = (−2, 2) X
n=0
(2n + 2)4n+1

+∞
X x2n+2
D) −2 + ln 4 I = [−2, 2)
n=0
(2n + 2)4n+1

+∞
1 X x2n+2
E) − + ln 4 I = (−2, 2)
2 n=0
(2n + 2)4n+1
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13. Using Maclaurin series and EstimationTheorem for alternating series, we can obtain the
approximation
(0.1)3
Z 0.1
1
dx ≈ 0.1 − with error ≤ c
0 1 + x2 3
The value of c is

(0.1)3 (0.1)5
A) (0.1)3 B) (0.1)5 C) (0.1)7 D) E) X
3! 5

x2 + 1
14. Find the coefficient of x5 in the power series expansion of
x−2

1 3 3 5 5
A) − B) C) − D) E) − X
64 64 64 64 64
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+∞
X 3n
15. Find the interval of convergence for the Taylor series (x − 5)n
n=0
nn

15 − e 15 + e 15 − e 15 + e
       
1 1 14 16
A) − , B) , C) , D) , E) (−∞, ∞) X
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

+∞
X n2 (x − 2)n
16. Which of the following is the interval of convergence of the power series (−1)n
n=1
3n (n3 + 2)

A) (0, 6) B) [0, 6) C) (−1, 5] X D) [−1, 5) E) [−1, 5]

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17. Let f (x) be the function which is represented by the power series
+∞
X (x − 1)n
f (x) = (−1)n
n=1
n3

The fifth derivative of f at x = 1 is

1 37 24 25 1
A) B) − C) − X D) E)
2 81 25 96 4

√
18. Find the coefficient of x4 of the Maclaurin series of f (x) = 1+x

1 75 5 8 9
A) B) − C) − X D) E)
57 128 128 57 77
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19. Find the Taylor series of f (x) = centered at a = 1
5−x

+∞
X (x − 1)n
A)
n=0
5n

+∞
X (x − 1)n
B)
n=0
5n+1

+∞
X (x − 1)n
C)
n=0
5n n!

+∞
X (x − 1)n
D) X
n=0
4n+1

+∞
X (x − 1)n
E)
n=0
4n

Z
20. Find the Maclaurin series of x2 sin x dx

+∞
X x2n+3
A) (−1)n
n=0
(2n + 3)!

+∞
X x2n+3
B) (−1)n
n=0
(2n + 1)!

+∞
X x2n+3
C) (−1)n
n=0
(2n + 3)(2n + 1)!

+∞
X x2n+4
D) (−1)n X
n=0
(2n + 4)(2n + 1)!

+∞
X x2n+4
E) (−1)n
n=0
(2n + 4)!(2n + 1)!
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21. Find the Maclaurin series of f (x) =
(1 − x)4

+∞
X n(n − 1)(n − 2)
A) (−1)n xn−3
n=3
6

+∞
X n(n − 1)(n − 2)
B) xn−3 X
n=3
6

+∞
X
C) (−1)n n(n − 1)xn−2
n=2

+∞
X xn−2
D)
n=2
n(n − 1)

+∞
X xn−2
E)
n=2
2n(n − 1)

Z 1
3
22. Use a Taylor polynomial to approximate e−x dx with error less than 0.01. The smallest
0
number of terms that are needed for this accuracy is

A) 2 B) 3 X C) 4 D) 5 E) 6
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∞
X (−1)n
23. Determine the sum of the series
n=0
(2n + 3)(2n + 1)

π π−2 π−1 π−4 π

A) B) X C) D) E)
2 4 4 4 6

24. The first 4 nonzero terms in the Maclaurin series of f (x) = (4 + x)3/2 are:

3x2 x3
A) 8 + 3x − +
8 16

3x2 x3
B) 8 + 3x + − X
16 128

3x 3x2 3x3
C) 1 + + −
2 4 8

3x 3x2 x3
D) 1 + + −
2 8 8

3x 3x2 x3
E) 1 + − +
2 16 64
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25. Suppose that the power series

∞
X
cn (x − 5)n
n=0

converges when x = 2 and diverges when x = 10.

From the above information, which of the following statements can we conclude to be true?

I: The radius of convergence R satisfies 3 ≤ R ≤ 5.

II: We can NOT determine the interval of convergence from the above information only.
∞
X
III: The derivative of the power series is ncn (x − 5)n−1 , which converges when x = 3.
n=1

A) I and II only

B) I and III only

C) II and III only

D) All of them X

E) None of them