Edexcel FP2 2004 June — Question 10

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleFP2 (Further Pure Mathematics 2)
Year2004
SessionJune
TopicTaylor series
TypeTaylor series about π/4

10. Given that \(y = \tan x\),
  1. find \(\frac { \mathrm { d } y } { \mathrm {~d} x } , \frac { \mathrm {~d} ^ { 2 } y } { \mathrm {~d} x ^ { 2 } }\) and \(\frac { \mathrm { d } ^ { 3 } y } { \mathrm {~d} x ^ { 3 } }\).
  2. Find the Taylor series expansion of \(\tan x\) in ascending powers of \(\left( x - \frac { \pi } { 4 } \right)\) up to and including the term in \(\left( x - \frac { \pi } { 4 } \right) ^ { 3 }\).
  3. Hence show that \(\tan \frac { 3 \pi } { 10 } \approx 1 + \frac { \pi } { 10 } + \frac { \pi ^ { 2 } } { 200 } + \frac { \pi ^ { 3 } } { 3000 }\).