GATE 2024 BM – Question 12

Engineering Mathematics · Numerical Methods · 1 mark · Multiple choice

1. $x_{n+1}=x_n-\frac{x_n-2\cos x_n}{1+2\sin x_n}$
2. $x_{n+1}=x_n+\frac{x_n-2\cos x_n}{1+2\sin x_n}$
3. $x_{n+1}=x_n+\frac{1+2\sin x_n}{x_n-2\cos x_n}$
4. $x_{n+1}=x_n-\frac{1+2\sin x_n}{x_n-2\cos x_n}$

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