Use Newton's Method to Find the Largest Positive Solution of X⁴

question 259

Multiple Choice

Use Newton's Method to find the largest positive solution of x⁴ -4x² -1 = 0.

• A) 2.1963970
• B) 2.5077099
• C) 2.0581710
• D) 3.0502422
• E) 3.8608696

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