[Technology Exercises] When solving Exercises 14–30, you may need to use appropriate technology (such as a calculator or a computer).
26. Factoring a quartic Find the approximate values of r_1 through r_4 in the factorization
8x^4-14x^3-9x^2+11x-1=8(x-r_1)(x-r_2)(x-r_3)(x-r_4)

Derivatives in Differential Form

In Exercises 17–28, find dy.

y = (2√x)/(3(1 + √x))

Derivatives in Differential Form

In Exercises 17–28, find dy.

xy² − 4x³/² − y = 0

Derivatives in Differential Form

In Exercises 17–28, find dy.

y = cos(x²)

[Technology Exercises] When solving Exercises 14–30, you may need to use appropriate technology (such as a calculator or a computer).

27. Converging to different zeros Use Newton's method to find the zeros of f(x)=4x^4-4x^2 using the given starting values.

c. x_0 = 0.8 and x_0 = 2, lying in (√2/2, ∞)

Dependence on Initial Point

8. Using the function shown in the figure, and, for each initial estimate x_0, determine graphically what happens to the sequence of Newton’s method approximations

c. x_0=2

If $f\left(x\right)=x^3-8x+6$, find the differential $dy$ when x = 2 and $dx = 0.2$.

If $f\left(x\right)=\sqrt{x+2}$, find the differential $dy$ when $x=2$ and $dx=0.01$.

Lapse rates in the atmosphere Refer to Example 2. Concurrent measurements indicate that at an elevation of 6.1 km, the temperature is -10.3° C and at an elevation of 3.2km , the temperature is 8.0°C . Based on the Mean Value Theorem, can you conclude that the lapse rate exceeds the threshold value of 7°C/ km at some intermediate elevation? Explain.