Use Newton's Method to Approximate the X-Value of the Indicated

question 155

Multiple Choice

Use Newton's Method to approximate the x-value of the indicated point of intersection of the two graphs accurate to three decimal places.Continue the process until two successive approximations differ by less than 0.001.[Hint: Let .] ​ ​ ​
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• A)0.444
• B)0.371
• C)0.432
• D)0.393
• E)0.476

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