Authors
John (Basil) Wentworth
Publication
Publication Details
Volume: 2 Issue: 5
Date
September/October 1982
Pages
58-61
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The computer can handle problems of this kind by making a series of successive approximations: try out any value of X, and see if it gives the Y you want; if it does not, then try another value of X.