Question: Suppose you approximate f(x) = sec x at the points x = -0.2, -0.1, 0.0, 0.1, and 0.2 using the Taylor polynomials p 2 (x)

Suppose you approximate f(x) = sec x at the points x = -0.2, -0.1, 0.0, 0.1, and 0.2 using the Taylor polynomials p2(x) = 1 + x2/2 and p4(x) = 1 + x2/2 + 5x4/24. Assume that the exact value of sec x is given by a calculator. 

a. Complete the table showing the absolute errors in the approximations at each point. Show two significant digits.

|sec x - p.(x)|| |sec x P:(x)| х |-0.2 |-0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2

b. In each error column, how do the errors vary with x? For what values of x are the errors largest and smallest in magnitude?

|sec x - p.(x)|| |sec x P:(x)| |-0.2 |-0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2

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