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This document discusses the Newton-Raphson method for finding the roots of nonlinear equations. The Newton-Raphson method uses the tangent line of the function at the current point to iteratively find better approximations to the root. It converges faster than bisection or false position methods if the function is continuous and has continuous derivatives near the root. The method is presented geometrically and algebraically. An example shows using Newton-Raphson to find the square root of 5 to high accurac
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