Question: Use Newtons method with initial approximation x1 = 1 to find x2, the second approximation to the root of the equation x4 x

Use Newton’s method with initial approximation x1 = 1 to find x2, the second approximation to the root of the equation x4 – x – 1 = 0. Explain how the method works by first graphing the function and its tangent line at (– 1, 1).

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