GATE EE 2017 Set 1 — Question 42

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Only one of the real roots of f(x)=x6x1f(x) = x^6 - x - 1 lies in the interval 1x21 \leq x \leq 2 and bisection method is used to find its value. For achieving an accuracy of 0.001, the required minimum number of iterations is _______.
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