Thursday, November 4, 2010

Find square root of 110.6 and 10080 without using a calculator.

Let N be the number you want to get the square root. Assume E1 as the initial estimate for `sqrtN` .


So the next estimate E2 will be;


`E2 = (N/(E1)+E1)/2`


Similarly E3 will be;


`E3 = (N/(E2)+E2)/2`



For 110.6;


We know that `sqrt100 = 10` and `sqrt121 = 11`


So let us estimate E1 = 10 for ease of calculation.


`E2 = (110.6/10+10)/2 = 10.53`


If you need further accuracy you can estimate E3 as well.


`E3 = (110.6/10.53+10.53)/2 = 10.517`



For 10080;


We know that `sqrt10000 = 100`


So let us say E1 = 100.


`E2 = (10080/100+100)/2 = 100.4`


Similarly;


`E3 = (10080/100.4+100.4)/2 = 100.399`



So the answers are;


`sqrt110.6 = 10.517`


`sqrt10080 = 100.399`

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