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Algebra.Com's Answer #534270 by Fombitz(32388) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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$\"y=x%5E2-16%5Ex\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "I used Newton's method with
\n" ); document.write( " $\"y=x%5E2-16%5Ex\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"dy%2Fdx=2x-log%28%2816%29%29%2A16%5Ex\"$
\n" ); document.write( "and a starting value of $\"x=-1\"$
\n" ); document.write( "and within 6 iterations it converged to
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x=-1%2F2\"$
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