CAIE P3 2018 November — Question 3

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleP3 (Pure Mathematics 3)
Year2018
SessionNovember
TopicFixed Point Iteration

3
  1. By sketching a suitable pair of graphs, show that the equation \(x ^ { 3 } = 3 - x\) has exactly one real root.
  2. Show that if a sequence of real values given by the iterative formula $$x _ { n + 1 } = \frac { 2 x _ { n } ^ { 3 } + 3 } { 3 x _ { n } ^ { 2 } + 1 }$$ converges, then it converges to the root of the equation in part (i).
  3. Use this iterative formula to determine the root correct to 3 decimal places. Give the result of each iteration to 5 decimal places.