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The diagram shows a semicircle ACB with centre O and radius r. The angle BOC is x radians. The area of the shaded segment is a quarter of the area of the semicircle.

(i) Show that x satisfies the equation

\(x = \frac{3}{4}\pi - \sin x\).

(ii) This equation has one root. Verify by calculation that the root lies between 1.3 and 1.5.

(iii) Use the iterative formula

\(x_{n+1} = \frac{3}{4}\pi - \sin x_n\)

to determine the root correct to 2 decimal places. Give the result of each iteration to 4 decimal places.

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