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A curve is given by
y
=
x
5
−
3
x
3
+
x
2
Show that
d
2
y
d
x
2
=
0
may be rearranged into the form
x
=
(
9
x
−
1
10
)
1
3
Hence, use an iterative method with a starting value of
x
0
=
1
4
to find three further approximations for the location of one of the points of inflection of the curve.