Let be the degree-2 Taylor polynomial for centered at

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Problem

Let

P_{2}(x)

be the degree-2 Taylor polynomial for

f(x)=\sqrt{x}

centered at

x=4

. Which of the following is the best numerical upper bound for

|\sqrt{4.2}-P_{2}(4.2)|

? (a)

9.38\times 10^{-5}

(b)

1.56\times 10^{-5}

(c)

4.17\times 10^{-5}

(d)

3.13\times 10^{-5}