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(Math: approximate the square root) How is the sqrt function in the cmath library implemen...

(Math: approximate the square root) How is the sqrt function in the cmath library implemented? There are several techniques for implementing it. One such technique is known as the Babylonian method. It approximates the square root of a number, n, by repeatedly performing a calculation using the following formula:

nextGuess = (lastGuess + (n / lastGuess)) / 2

When nextGuess and lastGuess are almost identical, nextGuess is the approx;imated square root. The initial guess can be any positive value (e.g., 1). This value will be the starting value for lastGuess. If the difference between nextGuess and lastGuess is less than a very small number, such as 0.0001 , you can claim that nextGuess is the approximated square root of n. If not, nextGuess becomes lastGuess and the approximation process continues. Implement the following function that returns the square root of n :

double sqrt(int n)

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