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Use a graph of f’’ to give better estimates.

f(x)=cosx+1/2cos2x,0x2πf(x)=cosx+1/2cos2x, 0≤x≤2π

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f(x) is concave up when f(x)>0 and concave down when f(x)<0\text{\color{#c34632}$f(x)$ is concave up when $f''(x)>0$ and concave down when $f''(x)<0$}

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