REGULA FALSI METHOD AND

SECANT METHOD
Reporter: Reymart B. Cabajes
REGULA FALSI METHOD
 The regula falci method (also called false
position and linear interpolation method) is a
bracketing method for finding a numerical
solutions of an equation of the form f(x)=0
when it is known that, within a given interval
[a, b], f (x) is continuous and the equation has
a solution.
Consider the equation f (x) =0, and let f (a) and f (b) opposite in sign.That
is f (a)> 0, f (b) <0.
This means that the root lies between a and b.

See illustration...
The solution starts by finding the interval [a, b] that brackets the solution.
The values of the function at end points are f (a) and f (b)
The endpoints are then connected by a chord and its first approximate
root (x,) is calculated by
For the second iteration a new interval is defined. The new interval is a
subsection of the first interval that contains the solution.

If f (a) and f (x,) are opposite sign that is when

f (a)>0 and f (x,) <0
This means that the root lies between point a and x,
Algorithm for Regula Falsi method