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Algebra.Com's Answer #815482 by Edwin McCravy(20065) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "We can't solve that using algebraic methods.
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document.write( "We can only use iterative methods which are
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document.write( "really nothing but a series of trial and error 
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document.write( "where the guesses are educated guesses, and
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document.write( "we never get the exact answer, because the
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document.write( "answer is irrational, but we get so close
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document.write( "that for all practical purposes we have the
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document.write( "In these modern times, we have technology
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document.write( "that does these processes for us and we 
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document.write( "don't have to.\r
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document.write( "Using technology,\r
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document.write( "x≈0.41525899150350893175\r
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