Steps for forming iteration equation

Hello everyone,

Please can I have some help with 13b - we haven't studied e yet so I don't know how to prove the iteration formula in 13b.

Original post by Electrogeek

Hello everyone,

Please can I have some help with 13b - we haven't studied e yet so I don't know how to prove the iteration formula in 13b.

Move

e^x

to the RHS. Then add

xe^x

to both sides. Factor and divide.

Move

e^x

to the RHS. Then add

xe^x

to both sides. Factor and divide.

Did you differentiate e^x to get xe^x?

Original post by Electrogeek

Did you differentiate e^x to get xe^x?

No. I simply got it from observing the wanted form.

Also when you're gonna cover

e

you will find out that

\displaystyle \frac{\text{d}}{\text{d}x}(e^x)=e^x

No. I simply got it from observing the wanted form.

Also when you're gonna cover

e

you will find out that

\displaystyle \frac{\text{d}}{\text{d}x}(e^x)=e^x

Thanks for the help. 🙂

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