need help diiferentiating the second part of taylor series

calcnoob145

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this is the problem i have dealing with the taylor series
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so the problem is the second differentation f"(x) where am i going wrong with my differentation

and i alway end up with 1/1458 and not 1/5832 which is the correct answer
 
this is the problem i have dealing with the taylor series
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so the problem is the second differentation f"(x) where am i going wrong with my differentation

and i alway end up with 1/1458 and not 1/5832 which is the correct answer
Your arithmetic is off:

\(\displaystyle \dfrac{\bigg(\dfrac{-1}{2916}\bigg)}{2!} \ \ne \ \dfrac{-1}{1458}\)


Instead, \(\displaystyle \ \ \dfrac{\bigg(\dfrac{-1}{2916}\bigg)}{2!} \ = \ \dfrac{-1}{2916} \ \div \ 2 \ = \ \dfrac{-1}{2916}\bigg(\dfrac{1}{2}\bigg) \ = \ \dfrac{-1}{5832}\)
 
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