The equation is
.
Consider
.
Consider the interval
.
Find
.

.
Find
.

.
Here
and
.
Hence by intermediate value theorem, there exist a number
in
such that
.
has a solution on
.
(b)
\Consider
.
Differentiate on each side with respect to
.


Newton
s approximation formula :
.
.
Consider
.
Substitutte
in
.

Substitutte
in
.
.
Substitutte
in above expression.

Similarly,
\
Root of the equation is
.
(a)
has a solution on
.
(b) Root of the equation is
.