Use Newtons Method to show that the equation can be used to approximate 1/a when x 1

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Use Newton’s Method to show that the equation

can be used to approximate 1/a when x1, is an initial guess of
the reciprocal of a. Note that this method of approximating
reciprocals uses only the operations of multiplication and
subtraction.

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Calculus

ISBN: 9781285057095

10th Edition

Authors: Ron Larson, Bruce H. Edwards

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