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  1. September 20th 2012, 03:07 AM #1
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    Question Bisection Method - Help !!!!

    It is required to find cubic root of 2 [(2)^1/3] to five decimal places, by solving the eqn
    x^3−2=0
    by means of the method of bisection. Estimate the number of iterations that will be required, and show this is so by performing the iterations.
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    Re: Bisection Method - Help !!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by isurubuddhika View Post
    It is required to find cubic root of 2 [(2)^1/3] to five decimal places, by solving the eqn
    x^3−2=0
    by means of the method of bisection. Estimate the number of iterations that will be required, and show this is so by performing the iterations.
    \displaystyle \begin{align*} n \geq \frac{\ln{\left( \frac{b-a}{\epsilon} \right)}}{\ln{2}} \end{align*}
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