Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285741552
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 4 - Section 4.8 - Newton''s Method - 4.8 Exercises - Page 348: 6

Answer

$x_{3}=-0.6825$

Work Step by Step

$f(x)=2x^{3}-3x^{2}+2$ $f′(x)=6x^{2}-6x$ $x_{n+1}=x_{n}-\frac{2x^{3}_{n}-3x^{2}_{n}+2}{6x^{2}_{n}-6x_{n}}$ $x_{1}=-1$ $x_{2}=-1-\frac{2(-1)^{3}-3(-1)^{2}+2}{6(-1)^{2}-6(-1)}$ $x_{2}=-1+\frac{3}{12}$ $x_{2}=-0.75$ $x_{3}=-0.75-\frac{2(-0.75)^{3}-3(-0.75)^{2}+2}{6(-0.75)^{2}-6(-0.75)}$ $x_{3}=-0.75+0.0675$ $x_{3}=-0.6825$
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