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Given information

Given: The piecewise function is .

To prove: the given piecewise function is not equal to the Maclaurin series.

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.
Use the definition to find derivatives of the function. .
Find .
 
This limit has the indeterminate form  .
Rewrite the fraction so the indeterminate form is , then use l'Hospital's Rule.
Rewrite the fraction because using l'Hospital's Rule on the original indeterminate form  will only make the denominator larger each time.
A very small number (close to zero) divided by a very large number is close to zero.
 

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