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Linear interpolation of $e^x$ on an interval of width $h = 0.1$ starting at $0$ has error at most $\tfrac{h^2}{8}\max|f''|$ . What is that bound, to six decimals?

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Linear interpolation of $e^x$ on an interval of width $h = 0.1$ starting at $0$ has error at most $\tfrac{h^2}{8}\max|f''|$ . What is that bound, to six decimals?