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

question 5

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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