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Standard XII
Mathematics
Average Rate of Change
Using differe...
Question
Using differentials, find the sum of digits approximate value of the following up to
3
places of decimal.
(
15
)
1
4
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Solution
Consider
y
=
x
1
4
.
Let
x
=
16
and
Δ
x
=
−
1
.
Then,
Δ
y
=
(
x
+
Δ
x
)
1
4
−
x
1
4
=
(
15
)
1
4
−
(
16
)
1
4
=
(
15
)
1
4
−
2
⇒
(
15
)
1
4
=
2
+
Δ
y
Now,
d
y
is approximately equal to
Δ
y and is given by,
d
y
=
(
d
y
d
x
)
Δ
x
=
1
4
(
x
)
3
4
(
Δ
x
)
[as
y
=
x
1
4
]
=
1
4
(
16
)
3
4
(
−
1
)
=
−
1
4
×
8
=
−
1
32
=
−
0.03125
Hence, the approximate value of
(
15
)
1
4
is
2
+
(
−
0.03125
)
=
1.96875
≈
1.968
.
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