Use Richardson extrapolation to estimate the first derivative of y = cos x at x = π/ 4 using step sizes of h1 = π/ 3 and h2 = π/ 6. Employ centered differences of O(h2) for the initial estimates.

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Use Richardson extrapolation to estimate the first derivative of y = cos x at x = π/ 4 using step sizes
of h1 = π/ 3 and h2 = π/ 6. Employ centered differences of O(h2) for the initial estimates.

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