Homework Help: calculus

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 4, 2008 at 8:06pm.

Use the linearization approximation (1+x)^k=1+kx to find an approximation for the function f(x)=(1/square root of 4+x) for values of x near zero.

calculus - bobpursley, Tuesday, March 4, 2008 at 8:24pm
f(x)=(4+x)^1/2= 2(1+x/4)^1/2=2(1+x/8)

check that.
calculus - Jay, Saturday, January 1, 2011 at 8:13pm
It should be ^-1/2

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