The following code implements Newton's algorithm for finding the square root of a number using repetition: n = 17 # we want the square root of 17 for example # our guess is 4 initially # we want to stop when we are this close g = 4 error = 0.0000000001 while abs(n - (g**2)) > error: g = g - ((g**2 - n)/(2 * g)) # g holds the square root of n at this point Implement this algorithm in a function sqRoot (n), that returns the square root using recursion. Assume that the function will be called with positive numbers only. Note: Your initial guess cannot be zero!

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The following code implements Newton's algorithm for finding
the square root of a number using repetition:
n = 17
# we want the square root of 17 for
example
# our guess is 4 initially
# we want to stop when we are this close
g = 4
error = 0.0000000001
while abs(n - (g**2)) > error:
g = g - ((g**2 - n)/(2 * g))
# g holds the square root of n at this point
Implement this algorithm in a function sqRoot (n), that returns
the square root using recursion.
Assume that the function will be called with positive numbers
only.
Note: Your initial guess cannot be zero!
Transcribed Image Text:The following code implements Newton's algorithm for finding the square root of a number using repetition: n = 17 # we want the square root of 17 for example # our guess is 4 initially # we want to stop when we are this close g = 4 error = 0.0000000001 while abs(n - (g**2)) > error: g = g - ((g**2 - n)/(2 * g)) # g holds the square root of n at this point Implement this algorithm in a function sqRoot (n), that returns the square root using recursion. Assume that the function will be called with positive numbers only. Note: Your initial guess cannot be zero!
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