Checkpoint 5 Answers

  1. There are two parts of the simplification: First, |x|2n+3=|x|2|x|2n+1. Second, (2n+3)!=(2n+3)(2n+2)(2n+1)321=(2n+3)(2n+2)(2n+1)!.
  2. 0.0233
  3. -0.93758
  4. sin 5=-0.95892. The actual error is 0.0213. Thus the error bound is fairly close — within about 10% of the actual error.