Answer: 4.5 pounds.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given : Weight of original pipe =45 pounds
Weight of first piece = 18 pounds
Then, Weight of other piece = 45- 18 = 27 pounds
Length of first piece = 3 feet
Let x be the length of other piece.
As length is directly proportional to weight.
Then,
Hence, the he length of the other piece = 4.5 pounds.
The actual value of sin(π/3) is (√3)/2 ≈ 0.86602540.
If the sine function is approximated by y=x (no error at x = 0), then the error at x=π/3 is ...
... x -sin(x) @ x=π/3
... π/3 -(√3)/2 ≈ 0.18117215 ≈ 0.1812
You know right away this is a bad approximation, because the approximate value is π/3 ≈ 1.04719755, a value greater than 1. The range of the sine function is [-1, 1] so there will be no values greater than 1.
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If the sine function is approximated by y=(x+1-π/4)/√2 (no error at x=π/4), then the error at x=π/3 is ...
... (x+1-π/4)/√2 -sin(x) @ x=π/3
... (π/12 +1)/√2 -(√3)/2 ≈ 0.026201500 ≈ 0.02620
