Number of iterations : 17. The Table : 1. 0. 1. 0.5 - 0.609009 2. 0.5 1. 0.75 - 0.272592 3. 0.75 1. 0.875 0.023105 4. 0.75 0.875 0.8125 - 0.139662 5. 0.8125 0.875 0.84375 - 0.062448 6. 0.84375 0.875 0.859375 - 0.020775 7. 0.859375 0.875 0.867188 0.000881 8. 0.859375 0.867188 0.863281 - 0.010017 9. 0.863281 0.867188 0.865234 - 0.004585 10. 0.865234 0.867188 0.866211 - 0.001857 11. 0.866211 0.867188 0.866699 - 0.000489 12. 0.866699 0.867188 0.866943 0.000196 13. 0.866699 0.866943 0.866821 - 0.000147 14. 0.866821 0.866943 0.866882 0.000025 15. 0.866821 0.866882 0.866852 - 0.000061 16. 0.866852 0.866882 0.866867 - 0.000018 17. 0.866867 0.866882 0.866875 - 0.000018 The root of the function is : 0.866867