Consider the sine function as
and the value of
is
.
Linearization
of the function is at
is
.
.
Differentiate on each side with respect to
.

Substitute
in the function.

.
.
Linearization
of the function is at
is
.
Substitute corresponding values in linear approximation equation.
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Therefore linear approximation for the sine function is
.
\
(b)
\The values of
and
differ by
% represents the relative error is
%.
Relative error
.
Graph:
\Graph the % error.
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Observe the graph.
\The two functions differ by
% at
.
.
\
.
The two functions differ by
% at
.