M.C.17
Develop tangent lines as best linear approximations to functions near specific points; explain this conceptually; and construct these tangent lines; and apply this concept to Newton’s Method.
Example Problems
Find the third degree Maclaurin polynomial of p.
Find the third degree Maclaurin polynomial of y.
Write an equation of the line tangent to the graph of at the point where .

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