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Calculus 1: Newton Raphson Method

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Newton's Method Example

Use Newton's method for approximating roots of functions to approximate 0.99\sqrt{0.99}

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Newton Raphson Method Problem

Use the Newton Raphson method to approximate the real zero close to x=1x = 1 until two successive approximations differ by less than 0.005 for the following function

f(x)=2x2−3f(x) = 2x^2 - 3

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Newton's Method Roots

Use Newton's Method to approximate the solution to the following equation

cos⁡(x)=x5\cos{(x)} = \frac{x}{5}

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