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Date Posted: 5/14/2008 9:20:06 PM  Status: Closed
need help with explaination. (#36)
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Calculus Calculus Single and Multivariable 4th Editions 10.3 36
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One of Einstein's most amazing predictions was that light traveling from distant stars would bend around the sun on the way to earth. His calculations involved solving for in the equation
 
where b is a very small positive constant.
a) Explain Why the equation could have a solution for which is near 0.
b) Expand the left-hand side of the equation in Taylor series about =0, distregarding terms of order2  and higher. Solve for . (Your answer will involve b.)
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Date Posted: 5/14/2008 11:55:24 PM  Status: Live
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