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document.write( "If in an equation to solve, the variable to solve for appears both as an\r\n" );
document.write( "exponent and a non-exponent, as it does here, then there is no way to solve for\r\n" );
document.write( "the variable other than by iterative methods. \r\n" );
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document.write( "Iterative methods are trial and error processes. \r\n" );
document.write( "Try a number. If it's too big, try a smaller number.\r\n" );
document.write( "If it's too small try a bigger number.\r\n" );
document.write( "Always try a number between the last number you tried that was too big, and\r\n" );
document.write( "the last number you tried that was too small. \r\n" );
document.write( "Eventually you will have the solution trapped between two numbers, that get\r\n" );
document.write( "closer and closer together.\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's a very time-consuming process, but technology can do that trial and \r\n" );
document.write( "error process instantaneously.\r\n" );
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document.write( "On a TI-84 Plus CE calculator you can get x = 1.1508248, an approximate solution\r\n" );
document.write( "trapped between 1.15082475 and 1.15082485.\r\n" );
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