Question

how do you do the babylonian method

Answer 1

I'm trying to find square root of 19

Answer 2

i know its a stupid question,all i know is that you estimate your answer

Answer 3

nah, it's not a stupid question

first step is to guess what it might be

Answer 4

I know it's somewhere around 4, so I will pick my first guess as 4

Answer 5

ok

Answer 6

then we divide 19/4 to get 4.75

Answer 7

ok

Answer 8

then, we take the average of 4 and 4.75

Answer 9

about 4.30

Answer 10

4.35

Answer 11

4.375 to be exact

Answer 12

then we repeat the same process using 4.375

Answer 13

do you think you can take it from here?

Answer 14

yes thank you

Answer 15

does it say how accurate it needs to be?

Answer 16

or how many decimal places to go to?

Answer 17

to the nearest 10,000

Answer 18

so 4 decimal places

Answer 19

let me know if you get stuck

Answer 20

yah thank you