Homework Help: Calculus

Posted by Devin on Friday, March 16, 2012 at 9:51am.

a.) Given that f(3)=5 and f'(x)=x/((x^3)+3), find the linear approximation of f(x) at x=3.

b.)If the linear approximation is used to estimate the value of f(2.9), will it be an overestimation or underestimation? Show justification

Calculus - Steve, Friday, March 16, 2012 at 12:09pm
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