Chapter 1 Solution

Write a program that applies the Babylonian square root algorithm.




The algorithm is:




guess = input/2
r = input/guess
guess = (guess+r)/2
go to 2 until done



Example output:




Enter a number and I will apply the Babylonian square root algorithm

until I am withing .001 of the correct answer.

151

You entered 151

guessing 38.75

guessing 21.3234

guessing 14.2024

guessing 12.4172

guessing 12.2889

The Babylons algorithm gives 12.2889

Checking: 12.2889 * 12.2889 = 151.016

Press any key to continue . . .