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    This document discusses the secant method for finding roots of equations. It provides graphical and analytical explanations of the secant method as an alternative to the Newton-Raphson method. It then gives an example problem using the secant method to find the root of an equation accurate to five significant figures, showing the calculations in a table.

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    Numerical Methods

    Secant Method

    Prof. K.K.Pokar, GEC BHUJ


    Secant Method
    Graphically

    Prof. K.K.Pokar, GEC BHUJ


    Secant Method

    Prof. K.K.Pokar, GEC BHUJ


    Secant Method Analytically

    From the formula of


    NR-method

    In the formula using

    Prof. K.K.Pokar, GEC BHUJ


    Why Secant method is alternate of NR
    method?
    IMPORTANT

    Prof. K.K.Pokar, GEC BHUJ


    Problem Solving Approach
    Find a real root of the following equation using
    secant method.

    Accurate to five significant figures.

    Prof. K.K.Pokar, GEC BHUJ


    Solution in tabular form:

    Then

    Prof. K.K.Pokar, GEC BHUJ


    The calculations are summarized in the following table:

    Hence, a root is 3.1004 correct up to five significant figures.

    Prof. K.K.Pokar, GEC BHUJ

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