(a)
\The function is
and
.
Substitute
in the function.
.
Consider
.
Apply derivative on each side with respect to
.
.
.
Substitute
in the above equation.

.
The linear approximation of the function
at
is
.
Substitute
in the linear approximation.
.
Substitute
and
in the above equation.
.
The derivative function is
.
Again apply derivative on each side with respect to
.
.


.
Substitute
in the above equation.





.
The quadratic approximation of the function
at
is
.
Substitute
in the quadratic approximation.

Substitute
,
and
in the above equation.

.
(b)
\Graph :
\Graph the functions
,
and
.
.
Observe the graph:
\
is the better approximation.
(d)
\The accuracy worsens as you move away from
.
(a)
\
and
.
(b)
\Graph :
\Graph the functions
,
and
.
.
(c)
is the better approximation.
(d) The accuracy worsens as you move away from
.