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Regula-Falsi Method (Or Method of False Position)

The Regula-Falsi method finds the root of a function f(x) between two x-values (x1, x2) where f(x) has opposite signs. It approximates the curve with a straight line between points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) and finds where the line crosses the x-axis. The next x-value is calculated from the equation. The sign of f(x) determines if the root is in the (x1, x) or (x, x2) interval for the next iteration.

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Regula-Falsi Method (Or Method of False Position)

The Regula-Falsi method finds the root of a function f(x) between two x-values (x1, x2) where f(x) has opposite signs. It approximates the curve with a straight line between points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) and finds where the line crosses the x-axis. The next x-value is calculated from the equation. The sign of f(x) determines if the root is in the (x1, x) or (x, x2) interval for the next iteration.

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Regula-Falsi Method (or Method of False Position)

In this method also we find two values of x say x


1
and x
2
where function f(x) has opposite signs and
there is only one root in the interval (x
1
, x
2
). Let us express the function of y = f(x) and we are
interested in finding the value of x where curve y = f(x) intersects x-axis i.e. y = 0. We identify two
points (x
1
, y
1
) and (x
2
, y
2
) on the curve. Then we approximate the curve by a straight line joining these
two points. We find the point on the x-axis where this line cuts the x-axis. The equation of the straight
line passing through (x
1
, y
1
) and (x
2
, y
2
) is given by

2 1
1 1
2 1
y y
y y (x x )
x x


The point on x-axis where y = 0 is given by

1 2 2 1
2 1
x y x y
x
y y


Now we check the sign of f(x) and proceed like in the bisection method. That is, if f(x) has same sign
as f(x
2
) then root lies in the interval (x
1
, x) and if they have opposite signs, then it lies in the interval
(x, x
2
). See Figure 1.












Figure 1 : Regula-Falsi Method, Superscript Shows Iteration Number

y
O
x
x
1

y

= f (x)
x
2

(1)
x
1

x
1

(2)

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