Introduction
Determination of roots an equation of the form f (x) = 0 has a great importance in the field of science and engineering.
in this topic we consider some simple methods of obtaining approximate roots of algebraic and transcendental ( non algebraic ) equations
Specific Objectives
You should be able to :
- show the location of the root of the equation of the form f (x) = 0
- find the solution of the equation f (x) = 0 using
- bisection method
- iteration method
- Newton - Raphson
You will achieve these objectives by undertaking the following activities :
- attempting to solve given exercise
- study learning materials attached
- read further from the internet, library etc
- Teacher: Kipkorir Ezekiel