Given S = 50, calculate √
50 using the Newtons Method
The square root of a number can be represented by the function ƒ(x) = x
2 - S
Taking the Derivative of this, we have ƒ'(x)=2x
Since the square root is always positive, we will start with an x
0 value of 1
Calculate x
1x
1 = x
0 + (ƒ(x
0) - S)/ƒ'(x
0)
x
1 = 1 + (1
2 - 50)/2(1)
x
1 = 1 + (1 - 50)/2
x
1 =1 + -49/2
x
1 = 1 + -24.5
x
1 = 25.5
Calculate x
2x
2 = x
1 + (ƒ(x
1) - S)/ƒ'(x
1)
x
2 = 25.5 + (25.5
2 - 50)/2(25.5)
x
2 = 25.5 + (650.25 - 50)/51
x
2 =25.5 + 600.25/51
x
2 = 25.5 + 11.769607843137
x
2 = 13.730392156863
Calculate x
3x
3 = x
2 + (ƒ(x
2) - S)/ƒ'(x
2)
x
3 = 13.730392156863 + (13.730392156863
2 - 50)/2(13.730392156863)
x
3 = 13.730392156863 + (188.52366878124 - 50)/27.460784313725
x
3 =13.730392156863 + 138.52366878124/27.460784313725
x
3 = 13.730392156863 + 5.0444177849648
x
3 = 8.685974371898
Calculate x
4x
4 = x
3 + (ƒ(x
3) - S)/ƒ'(x
3)
x
4 = 8.685974371898 + (8.685974371898
2 - 50)/2(8.685974371898)
x
4 = 8.685974371898 + (75.446150789269 - 50)/17.371948743796
x
4 =8.685974371898 + 25.446150789269/17.371948743796
x
4 = 8.685974371898 + 1.4647838975668
x
4 = 7.2211904743312
Calculate x
5x
5 = x
4 + (ƒ(x
4) - S)/ƒ'(x
4)
x
5 = 7.2211904743312 + (7.2211904743312
2 - 50)/2(7.2211904743312)
x
5 = 7.2211904743312 + (52.145591866571 - 50)/14.442380948662
x
5 =7.2211904743312 + 2.1455918665711/14.442380948662
x
5 = 7.2211904743312 + 0.14856219858747
x
5 = 7.0726282757437
Calculate x
6x
6 = x
5 + (ƒ(x
5) - S)/ƒ'(x
5)
x
6 = 7.0726282757437 + (7.0726282757437
2 - 50)/2(7.0726282757437)
x
6 = 7.0726282757437 + (50.022070726849 - 50)/14.145256551487
x
6 =7.0726282757437 + 0.022070726849137/14.145256551487
x
6 = 7.0726282757437 + 0.0015602917323416
x
6 = 7.0710679840113
x6 = 7.0710679840113
How does the Newton Method Calculator work?
Calculates the square root of a positive integer using the Newton Method
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What 3 formulas are used for the Newton Method Calculator?
- ƒ(x) = x2 - S
- ƒ'(x) = 2x
- xn = xn - 1 + (ƒ(xn - 1) - S)/ƒ'(xn - 1)
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