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Apply Newton's method to the equation  to derive the following square-root algorithm (used by the ancient Babylonians to compute  :

 

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

To apply newton's method,

first we will differentiate the given equation with respect to , we get 

 

 

 

   

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