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Let x = 7
x2 + 3
Calculate
2x – 7
Use the answer as
the next value of x
Write your answer to
4 decimal places.
Is the answer to
equal to x?
No
Yes
The answer is an approximate
solution to x 2 – 7x – 3 = 0
Stop
x2 + 3
Value of x Are the values equal?
2x − 7
x1 4 7.4286 No
x2 7.4286
x3
Let x = 1
2x 3 + 8
Calculate
3x 2 + 5
Use the answer as
the next value of x
Write your answer to
4 decimal places.
Is the answer to
equal to x?
No
Yes
The answer is an approximate
solution to x 3 + 5x − 8 = 0
Stop
2x 3 + 8
Value of x Are the values equal?
3x 2 + 5
x1 1 No
x2
x3
x4
Let x = 1
Calculate 2x2 + 3
3
3x + 4
Use the answer as
the next value of x
Write your answer to
4 decimal places.
Is the answer to
equal to x?
No
Yes
The answer is an approximate
solution to x 3 + 4x − 3 = 0
Stop
2x 3 + 3
Value of x Are the values equal?
3x 2 + 4
x1 No
x2
x3
x4
Input
Present Value cubed ×2 –1 Numerator
2xn3 − 1
xn+1 = 2
3x − 3
Present Value squared ×3 –3 Denomirator
Present value: xn The next value: xn+1 Are the values equal?
x1 0.5 0.3333 No
x2 0.3333
x3
x4
xn2 + 30
xn+1 =
2xn
Use x = 5 to start the process.
Calculate each of your answers to 4 decimal places.
Complete the table.
Present value: xn The next value: xn+1 Are the values equal?
x1
x2
x3
Present value: xn The next value: xn+1 Are the values equal?
x1
x2
x3
x4
Start
Let x = 1
2x 3 + 4
Calculate
3x 2 + 5
Use the answer as
the next value of x
Write your answer to
4 decimal places.
Is the answer to
equal to x?
No
Yes
The answer is an approximate
solution to x 3 + 5x − 4 = 0
Stop
xn2 + 52
xn+1 =
2xn
Use this iterative process to calculate an approximate solution to x 2 − 52 = 0
Calculate each of your answers to 4 decimal places.
Use x = 7 to start the process.
2xn3 + 2
xn+1 = 2
3xn + 5
Use this iterative process to calculate an approximate solution to x 3 + 5x − 2 = 0
Calculate each of your answers to 4 decimal places.
Use x = 1 to start the process.
1 7.4052
1 1.2289
1 0.6736
1 0.3473
1 5.4772
2 1.1795
1 0.7241
2 7.2111
3 0.3883