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AP Calculus BC 10.15: Power Series Operations

Practice AP Calculus BC questions on deriving a power series for a function from a known series using algebraic and calculus operations.

Syllabus
Effective Fall 2025
Course
AP Calculus BC

LIM-8.G—Represent a given function as a power series question 1

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The Taylor series for a function f about x=4 is given by

n=1(x4)n+1(n+1)3n=(x4)223+(x4)3332+(x4)4433++(x4)n+1(n+1)3n+\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{(x-4)^{n+1}}{(n+1) 3^{n}}=\frac{(x-4)^{2}}{2 \cdot 3}+\frac{(x-4)^{3}}{3 \cdot 3^{2}}+\frac{(x-4)^{4}}{4 \cdot 3^{3}}+\cdots+\frac{(x-4)^{n+1}}{(n+1) 3^{n}}+\cdots and converges to f(x) on

its interval of convergence.

Find the first three nonzero terms and the general term of the Taylor series for ff^{\prime}, the

derivative of f, about x=4.

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