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Old June 29th, 2009, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by s_ingram View Post
Hi again guys,

Two posts from me. But they aren't too hard. For you at least!

Given that y = x^{-\frac{1}{3}} use the calculus to determine an approximate value for \frac{1}{\sqrt [3]{0.9}} Normally with these there is a descernable x and \delta x but I can't see a way to giggle 0.9 into anything useful. Can you?
Use the linear approximation: f(x + \delta x) \approx f(x) + \delta f'(x).

Take f(x) = x^{-1/3}, x = 1 and \delta  = -0.1.
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