Absolute C++
Absolute C++
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ISBN: 9780133970784
Author: Walter Savitch, Kenrick Mock
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
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The Babylonian algorithm to compute the square root of a positive number n is as follows:

  1. Make a guess at the answer (you can pick n/2 as your initial guess).
  2. Compute r = n / guess
  3. Set guess = ( guess + r ) / 2.
  4. Go back to step 2 for as many iterations as necessary. The more steps 2 and 3 are repeated, the closer guess will become to the square root of n.

Write a program that inputs a double for n, iterates through the Babylonian algorithm five times, and outputs the answer as a double to two decimal places. Your answer will be most accurate for small values of n.

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