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trickpat23

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Wat was up with 5(b) iv
i have absolutely no idea how we are supposed to do newtons law if we arent estimating the root. We were estimating a pnt of intersection, how does that work

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I couldnt do the first part of the question, but I attempted this bit

I got 1.75, though I doubt it's right because it is hardly close to 0.5....
 

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they gave you x1 = 0.5

you had an equation f(x) = x^3 + x -1 = 0

easy $$
 

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The Bograt said:
I couldnt do the first part of the question, but I attempted this bit

I got 1.75, though I doubt it's right because it is hardly close to 0.5....
yea, I got something that wasnt close at all....
 

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I can probably lend some aid here, as i was having the same problem as you were last night Brett, in fact i think i tried to explain it to you this morning. The formula is:

x(2) = x - f(1) / f'(1)

Eg, closer root x(2) = current estimate 0.5 - f(0.5)/f'(0.5)

The thing is, the f(x) has to be evaluated in radians. which means on your calculator: mode mode 2 (rad). Then you should have got something close to 0.5? I cant quite remember. But the thing is that the functions are evaluated in radians, not degrees. Shame we were never really told that, eh.
 

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Why would it have to be in radians, it didnt involve trig. I got about 0.7 for this i think
 

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for iv, said it was a root coz they intersect when y=x...??
ie. x = 1/(1 + x²)
which gets you to the x³ + x - 1 = 0

is that right..?
 

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um....
i've never heard of doing it like that...
 

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well I had nfi, and i saw that link...

anyone wanna tell me how to actually do it then??
 

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yay!! was that worth one or two marks?? i can't remember... i think it was two!!

that's at least 2/84 then!!! :p

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i dunno if it was right or not but i threw in x=1 and x=0 and since change in sign a root lies between 0 and 1...then i just cunningly stated alpha was a root
 

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u know the intersection lies on y = x
and for the newton u use the eqn they gave u in the part before it and get 0.7 or something
 

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