diff --git a/Computer Oriented Statistical Methods/successive_approximation.CPP b/Computer Oriented Statistical Methods/successive_approximation.CPP
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+#include<conio.h>
+#include<iostream.h>
+#include<math.h>
+float eq(float y)
+{
+	return((3*y)-(cos(y))-2);
+}
+float eqd(float y)
+{
+	return((0.5)*((cos(y))+2));
+}
+
+void main()
+{
+	float y,x1,x2,x3,sum,s,a,f1,f2,gd;
+	int i,n;
+
+	clrscr();
+	for(i=0;i<10;i++)
+	{
+		sum=eq(y);
+		cout<<"value of equation at "<<i<<" "<<sum<<"\n";
+		y++;
+	}
+	cout<<"enter the x1->";
+	cin>>x1;
+	cout<<"enter the no iteration to perform->\n";
+	cin>>n;
+
+	for(i=0;i<=n;i++)
+	{
+		x2=eqd(x1);
+		cout<<"\nenter the x2->"<<x2;
+		x1=x2;
+	}
+	getch();
+}
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