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Given information

Note that given, use .

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

Note that when Newton's method is used to find the root of a function , start with a first approximation .

Therefore, use a tangent line at the point .

Now the -intercept of is , which is closer to and can be used to find another approximation .

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