Use Newton's method to find the first 5 approximations of the solution to the equation LaTeX:  \displaystyle e^{- x}= \frac{229 x^{3}}{250} - 4 using LaTeX:  \displaystyle x_0=1 .

Using the formula for Newton's method gives LaTeX:  x_{n+1} =  x_{n} - \frac{- \frac{229 x_{n}^{3}}{250} + 4 + e^{- x_{n}}}{- \frac{687 x_{n}^{2}}{250} - e^{- x_{n}}}   Using LaTeX:  \displaystyle x_0 = 1 and LaTeX:  \displaystyle n = 0,1,2,3, and LaTeX:  \displaystyle 4 gives: LaTeX:  x_{1} =  (1.0000000000) - \frac{- \frac{229 (1.0000000000)^{3}}{250} + 4 + e^{- (1.0000000000)}}{- \frac{687 (1.0000000000)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (1.0000000000)}} = 2.1078347241 LaTeX:  x_{2} =  (2.1078347241) - \frac{- \frac{229 (2.1078347241)^{3}}{250} + 4 + e^{- (2.1078347241)}}{- \frac{687 (2.1078347241)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (2.1078347241)}} = 1.7463913819 LaTeX:  x_{3} =  (1.7463913819) - \frac{- \frac{229 (1.7463913819)^{3}}{250} + 4 + e^{- (1.7463913819)}}{- \frac{687 (1.7463913819)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (1.7463913819)}} = 1.6640489918 LaTeX:  x_{4} =  (1.6640489918) - \frac{- \frac{229 (1.6640489918)^{3}}{250} + 4 + e^{- (1.6640489918)}}{- \frac{687 (1.6640489918)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (1.6640489918)}} = 1.6600201567 LaTeX:  x_{5} =  (1.6600201567) - \frac{- \frac{229 (1.6600201567)^{3}}{250} + 4 + e^{- (1.6600201567)}}{- \frac{687 (1.6600201567)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (1.6600201567)}} = 1.6600108011