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Use Newton's method to approximate a root of the equation $e^{0.9x^2} = 6 - x$ as follows. Let $x_1 = 2$ be the initial approximation. The second approximation $x_2$ is and the third approximation $x_3$ is

          Use Newton's method to approximate a root of the equation $e^{0.9x^2} = 6 - x$ as follows.
Let $x_1 = 2$ be the initial approximation.
The second approximation $x_2$ is
and the third approximation $x_3$ is

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Use Newton's method to approximate a root of the equation $e^{0.9x^2} = 6 - x$ as follows. Let $x_1 = 2$ be the initial approximation. The second approximation $x_2$ is and the third approximation $x_3$ is

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