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Gilbert Strang, Calculus, 3rd edition (Wellesley-Cambridge Press; MIT OpenCourseWare RES.18-001) §2.3 The Slope and the Tangent Line, #41 · Calculus · Derivatives

The tangent line to … at … crosses the … axis at…

The tangent line to $f (x) = x^{2} - 1$ at $x_{0} = 2$ crosses the $x$ axis at $x_{1} =$ ____. The tangent line at $x_{1}$ , crosses the $x$ axis at $x_{2} =$ ____. Draw the curve and the two lines, which are the beginning of Newton's method to solve $f (x) = 0$ .

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Gilbert Strang, Calculus, 3rd edition (Wellesley-Cambridge Press; MIT OpenCourseWare RES.18-001) · §2.3 The Slope and the Tangent Line, #41

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