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Euler's method: finding the step size

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Consider the differential equation $\frac{dy}{dx} = xy^2$ where $y_0 = y(0) = 1$ .

When Euler's method is applied using a step size of $h$ , where $h > 0$ , $y_3 = 1.126528$

The value of $h$ is

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0.01

B

0.02

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0.20

D

0.36

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