Imran, MuhammadAgusniKarma, AsmaraPutra, Supriadi2014-04-122014-04-122014-04-12wahyu sari yenihttp://umm.usu.ac.id/fileumm/fileumm/bullmath/BoM04012012paper-Imran.pdfhttp://repository.unri.ac.id/xmlui/handle/123456789/6051We discuss an iterative method for finding root of a nonlinear equation employing central differences to avoid derivatives in the method. We show that this two step method is of order three. Numerical simulations show that the method is comparable with others third order methodsenTWO STEP METHOD WITHOUT EMPLOYING DERIVATIVES FOR SOLVING A NONLINEAR EQUATIONUR-Scientific Work Lecturer