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Newton had a fun way to approximate general roots...
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LOOP UNTIL olda = a

Because it hard to get olda to be exactly = a

Loop Until abs(a-olda) < someTinyNumber ' Might work better
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RE: Newton had a fun way to approximate square roots... - by bplus - 09-13-2022, 03:58 AM

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