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OpenStudy (anonymous):
geometric mean
OpenStudy (anonymous):
exhausted
OpenStudy (klimenkov):
Try to do like this. How to evaluate \(\sqrt[3]{7}\).
\(1<{7}<8 \Rightarrow 1<\sqrt[3]{7}<2\). As 7 is closer to 8 than to 1, I hope \(\sqrt[3]{7}\) is closer to 2. Lets put \(\sqrt[3]{7}=2+\alpha\). Then
\(7=8+12\alpha+6\alpha^2+\alpha^3\). Since \(\alpha <1\) we can neglect \(\alpha^2 ,\alpha^3\). So, \(\alpha=-\frac1{12}\). So the approximation for \(\sqrt[3]{7}\) is \(2-\frac1{12}=\frac{23}{12}\). Do this once again, because it is not a good accuracy for this problem.