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The radius of a puddle is claimed to be 12.0 inches, correct to within 0.01 inch. Use linear approximation to estimate the resulting error, measured in square inches, in the area of the puddle.

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Answer:

  the resulting error is about 0.754 in²

Step-by-step explanation:

  A(r) -A(r0) ≈ dA/dr·(r -r0)

The area of a circle is given by ...

  A(r) = πr²

so the derivative is

  dA/dr = 2πr

and the area error is ...

  dA/dr·(r -r0) = 2π(12 in)(0.01 in) = 0.24π in² ≈ 0.754 in²

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