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Consider the sine function as and the value of
is
.
Linearization of the function is at
is
.
.
Differentiate on each side with respect to .
Substitute in the function.
.
.
Linearization of the function is at
is
.
Substitute corresponding values in linear approximation equation.
\Therefore linear approximation for the sine function is .
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(b)
\The values of and
differ by
% represents the relative error is
%.
Relative error .
Graph:
\Graph the % error.
\Observe the graph.
\The two functions differ by % at
.
.
\
.
The two functions differ by % at
.