1. Only one of the real roots of f(x) = x6 – x – 1 lies in the interval 1 ≤ x ≤ 2 and bisection method is used to find its value. For achieving an accuracy of 0.001, the required minimum number of iterations is (Give the answer up to two decimal places)
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2. The bisection method is applied to compute a zero of the function f(x) = x4 – x3 – x2 – 4 in the interval [1,9]. The method converges to a solution after ______________ iterations.
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