Answers to Section 16.

Newtons Method

1. x 1. 8911
2. x 4. 2701, 0. 44613, 6. 824
3. x 1. 9294, 1. 6133
4. x 1. 4902
5. x 2. 9381, 2. 6631, 1.1701
6. x 1. 40962, 0.6367
7. domain: , 2 2, 3 3, ; intercepts: 5, 0, 1/2, 0, and 0, 5/6; y 2 is the
horizontal asymptote, intersecting at 7/11, 2; no local extrema; inflection point at x 2,
0. 095 and 3.

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8. domain: , 1 1, 2 2, ; intercepts: 7/2, 0, and 0, 57/2; y 4 is the

horizontal asymptote, intersecting at 19/8, 4; local min at 7/2, 0 and local max at x 5/4;
inflection point at x 1, 2 and 4. 78.

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9. domain: , ; intercepts: 7/2, 0, and 0, 49/2; y 4 is the horizontal asymptote,
intersecting at 41/28, 4; local min at 7/2, 0 and local max at x 4/7; inflection points at
x 1. 4, 0. 39 and 5. 4

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10. domain: , ; intercepts: 7/2, 0, 1, 0, and 0, 7/2; y 2 is the horizontal

asymptote, intersecting at 11/5, 4; local min at x 0. 4153 and local max at x 4. 8153;
inflection points at x 7. 34, 0. 49, 1. 23

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y-2

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11. domain: , 3/2 3/2, ; intercepts: 2, 0, 3, 0, 8, 0, and 0, 48/9;

y 1 x 3 is the slant asymptote, intersecting at x 300/143; local min at x 2. 75,
4
5. 01, and local max at x 6. 76; inflection point at x 471/143.

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