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Evaluate x (Posted on 2023-02-25) Difficulty: 3 of 5
For what value of x will the equation

x^5-x=111 .
be true?

No Solution Yet Submitted by Ady TZIDON    
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Solution two ways | Comment 1 of 4
Wolfram Alpha gives

x˜=2.5766641903207896155107957065447979650

as the only real solution.

There are also four complex solutions.

Alternative:

x=5;
prev=0;
while abs(prev-x)>.0000000000001
  prev=x;
  x=(111+x)^(1/5)  
end

gives successively better approximations:

x =
          2.58756696440857
x =
          2.57671365771645
x =
          2.57666441476979
x =
          2.57666419133919
x =
          2.57666419032541
x =
          2.57666419032081
x =
          2.57666419032079


  Posted by Charlie on 2023-02-25 08:18:35
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