why are taylor approximations important?

explain why such approximations might be useful?

taylor approxmations are important to reduce a function. it is useful to reduce the function into a less complicated form in order to find the approximation.

is there anything else i should know how this might be useful. i have to write a paragraph.

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Look at the some useful Taylor functions paragraph:
http://www.efunda.com/math/taylor_series/taylor_series.cfm

How do you think these are computed in your calculator?