A running cost is defined as an accumulated area. For ,
An engineer needs the value of at which the accumulated cost first reaches exactly — that is, the root of
She solves it with Newton's method for root finding,
starting from .
| iterate | comes from | value |
|---|---|---|
| given | ||
| one Newton update from | ? | |
| one Newton update from | ? |
Report — the iterate after exactly two updates. Newton has not converged by then, so is not the exact root, and the exact root is not what is being asked for.
Turn the integral into a closed-form expression for before you start, evaluate and afresh at each iterate, and keep at least four decimal places in your intermediate work.
Give your answer rounded to two decimal places — for example 1.23.