You must determine the root of the following easily differentiable function: e0.5x = 5 − 5x Pick the best numerical technique, justify your choice, and then use that technique to determine the root. Note that it is known that for positive initial guesses, all techniques except fixed-point iteration will eventually converge. Perform iterations until the approximate relative error falls below 2%. If you use a bracketing method, use initial guesses of xl = 0. and xu = 2. If you use the Newton-Raphson or the modified secant method, use an initial guess of xi = 0.7. If you use the secant method, use initial guesses of xi−1 = 0 and xi = 2.

b

Step-by-step explanation:

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3. parallelogram

step-by-step explanation:

we turn each of our sides into direction vectors

ab=b-a=(3 - 7, 1 - 0) = (-4, 1)

bc=c-b=(1,6)

cd=d-c=(4,-1)

da=a-d=(-1,-6)

we see how the opposite sides have negated direction vectors; this is characteristic of a parallelogram.   we have congruent sides ab=cd and bc=da with unequal lengths because 1^2+6^2 is different from (-4)^2+1^2.   so it's not a square or a rhombus.  

we check the dot product of direction vectors of adjacent sides.   we have

ab dot bc = -4(1) + 1(6) = 2

that's not zero so the sides are not perpendicular.   we've ruled out rectangle.

the direction vectors indicate two pairs of congruent parallel sides, so we choose parallelogram over trapezoid.