Use Newton's Method to find the largest positive solution of x⁴ + x³ - 2x²- 5x -7 = 0. Use 4 for your initial value and calculate eight iterations. A) 3.0777385 B) 2.4705751 C) 2.0313608 D) 2.1446813 E) 2.0413802

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Newton's Method is an iterative numerical technique for finding successively better approximations to the roots of a real-valued function. Starting with an initial guess of 4, after eight iterations, the method converges to approximately 2.0313608.

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