Thread: Newton's Method

Please help to solve this

Originally Posted by camherokid

Please help to solve this

Find the solutions to each and i'll show you how to interprit it graphically. you do know Newton's method right?

Yes,,Jhoven,, please show me..

We draw a tangent to the curve at the values of x given to find the new approximation for the root. here's the first

Here's (b)

Here's (c)

Here's (d)

finally, here's (e)

Did you get what i did?

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton's_method for more info