Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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ISBN 10: 0-32187-896-5
ISBN 13: 978-0-32187-896-0

Chapter 10: Infinite Sequences and Series - Section 10.10 - The Binomial Series and Applications of Taylor Series - Exercises 10.10 - Page 633: 16

Answer

$\approx -0.3633060$ (with an error of about $10^{-5}$)

Work Step by Step

We need to integrate the integral with respect to $ x $ as follows: $\int_0^{0.4} \dfrac{e^{-x}-1}{x} dx=\int_0^{0.4} [-1+\dfrac{x}{2!}-\dfrac{x^{2}}{3!}+\dfrac{x^4}{4!}-...] dx $ Re-arrange as: $\int_0^{0.4} [-1+\dfrac{x}{2!}-\dfrac{x^{2}}{3!}+\dfrac{x^4}{4!}-...] dx=-[x]_0^{0.4}+[\dfrac{x^2}{2 \cdot 2!}]_0^{0.4}-[\dfrac{x^3}{3 \cdot 3!}]_0^{0.4}+......$ $=-0.4+\dfrac{(0.4)^2}{2 \cdot 2!}-\dfrac{(0.4)^3}{3 \cdot 3!}+\dfrac{(0.4)^4}{4 \cdot 4!}-\dfrac{(0.4)^5}{5 \cdot 5!}+\dfrac{(0.4)^6}{6 \cdot 6!}....$ and $\dfrac{(0.4)^6}{6 \cdot 6!} \approx 9.48148 \times 10^{-7} $ so, the proceeding terms will be greater than $10^{-5}$. This means that the first five terms of the series would give the accuracy. Therefore, $\int_0^{0.4} \dfrac{e^{-x}-1}{x} dx \approx -0.3633060$ (with an error of about $10^{-5}$)
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