Use Newton's method to approximate the positive value of x which satisfies x=2.3cosx

Let x0=1 be the initial approximation. Find the next two approximations, x_1 and x2, to four decimal places each.

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A fine online calculator for Newton's Method is at

http://www.math.sc.edu/cgi-bin/sumcgi/Newton.pl
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