009A Sample Final 3, Problem 10

Let $y=\tan(x).$

(a) Find the differential $dy$ of $y=\tan(x)$ at $x={\frac {\pi }{4}}.$

(b) Use differentials to find an approximate value for $\tan(0.885).$ Hint: ${\frac {\pi }{4}}\approx 0.785.$

Foundations:
What is the differential  $dy$  of  $y=x^{2}$  at  $x=1?$
Since  $x=1,$  the differential is  $dy=2xdx=2dx.$

Solution:

(a)

Step 1:
First, we find the differential  $dy.$
Since  $y=\tan x,$  we have
$dy\,=\,\sec ^{2}x\,dx.$

Step 2:
Now, we plug  $x={\frac {\pi }{4}}$  into the differential from Step 1.
So, we get
$dy\,=\,{\bigg (}\sec {\bigg (}{\frac {\pi }{4}}{\bigg )}{\bigg )}^{2}\,dx\,=\,2\,dx.$

(b)

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(c)

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Final Answer:
(a)
(b)
(c)

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