OCR MEI Further Pure Core 2024 June — Question 10

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleFurther Pure Core (Further Pure Core)
Year2024
SessionJune
TopicTaylor series
TypeDirect substitution into standard series

10
  1. Write down the first three terms of the Maclaurin series for \(\ln \left( 1 + x ^ { 3 } \right)\).
  2. Use these three terms to show that \(\ln ( 1.125 ) \approx \frac { n } { 1536 }\), where \(n\) is an integer to be determined.
  3. Charlie uses the same first three terms of the series to approximate \(\ln 9\) and gets an answer of 147, correct to 3 significant figures. However, \(\ln 9 = 2.20\) correct to 3 significant figures. Explain Charlie's error.