The function is
.
Apply derivative on each side with respect to
.


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Critical points of the function are the points where the first derivative is equals to zero.
\Consider
.
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Apply deivative on each side with respect to
.


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Newton
s approximation method formula :
.
Substitute
and
.
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Perform Newton approximation for
.
The calculations for si iterations are shown in the table.
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Observe the table:
\The critical point number is at
.
Find the relative extrema, by substituting critical point in
.
Substitute
in
.

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The relative extrema is
.
Graph the functions
and
.
Observe the graph:
\The critical point number is at
.
The relative extrema is
.
Graph:
\Graph the functions
and
.
The critical point number is at
.
The relative extrema is
.