Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Single Variable Calculus, Chapter 2, 2.4, Section 2.4, Problem 5

We need to use a graph to find a number δ such that if |xπ4|<δ then |tanx1|<0.2









First, we will get the values of x that intersect at the given curve to their corresponding y values. Let xL and xR
are the values of x from the left and right of π4 respectively.

y=tanxLy=tanxR0.8=tanxL1.2=tanxRxL=tan1[0.8]xR=tan1[1.2]xL=0.6741xR=0.8761


Now, we can determine the value of δ by checking the values of x that would give a smaller distance to π4.


π4xL=π40.6747=0.1107π4xR=0.8761π4=0.0907


Hence,
δ0.0907

This means that by keeping x within 0.0907 of π4, we are able to keep f(x) within 0.2 of 1.

Although we chose δ=0.0907, any smaller positive value of δ would also have work.

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