Physics I / Graphs, approximation, and numerical sense
Practice question · Estimate

Use linearisation to estimate sin(0.1). (Use sin(0) = 0 and cos(0) = 1.) Set the slider to your answer.

Estimate on a scale from 0 to 0.30000000000000004.

Hints
  1. Build the tangent line at zero, then evaluate it at the given input.
  2. The tangent to sine at the origin has slope one.
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0.1 (answers within ±0.01 count)

Why

L(x)=sin(0)+cos(0)(x0)=xL(x) = \sin(0) + \cos(0)\cdot(x - 0) = x. So sin(0.1)0.1\sin(0.1) \approx 0.1 (actual value 0.0998\approx 0.0998).

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