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7-145.
Write the equation of a line tangent to the graph of
Use the tangent line to approximate the value of
. Because
is hard to evaluate, the tangent line at will give a decent approximation of . Is your approximation an overestimate or an underestimate? Use the second derivative to justify your answer.
and that will indicate if the tangent line is above or below the graph.