The following code is intended to perform fixed-point iteration for g(x)=(x+3)^0.5 and return x2. What is the error?

def fixed_point_iteration(): x = 1.0 for i in range(2): # (1) x = (x + 3)**0.5 # (2) return x # (3)

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The following code is intended to perform fixed-point iteration for g(x)=(x+3)^0.5 and return x2. What is the error?  
 
 def fixed_point_iteration():     x = 1.0     for i in range(2):  # (1)          x = (x + 3)**0.5  # (2)      return x  # (3)

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(2) the formula for g(x) is incorrect.

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(3) the function returns x 1 ​ instead of x 2 ​.

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(1) the loop runs only once due to range(2).

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There is no error; the code is correct.

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The loop should use while instead of for.

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