Use Newton's method to find the first 5 approximations of the solution to the equation LaTeX:  \displaystyle \cos{\left(x \right)}= \frac{347 x^{3}}{500} - 2 using LaTeX:  \displaystyle x_0=1 .

Using the formula for Newton's method gives LaTeX:  x_{n+1} =  x_{n} - \frac{- \frac{347 x_{n}^{3}}{500} + \cos{\left(x_{n} \right)} + 2}{- \frac{1041 x_{n}^{2}}{500} - \sin{\left(x_{n} \right)}}   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{347 (1.0000000000)^{3}}{500} + \cos{\left((1.0000000000) \right)} + 2}{- \frac{1041 (1.0000000000)^{2}}{500} - \sin{\left((1.0000000000) \right)}} = 1.6315445973 LaTeX:  x_{2} =  (1.6315445973) - \frac{- \frac{347 (1.6315445973)^{3}}{500} + \cos{\left((1.6315445973) \right)} + 2}{- \frac{1041 (1.6315445973)^{2}}{500} - \sin{\left((1.6315445973) \right)}} = 1.4672096263 LaTeX:  x_{3} =  (1.4672096263) - \frac{- \frac{347 (1.4672096263)^{3}}{500} + \cos{\left((1.4672096263) \right)} + 2}{- \frac{1041 (1.4672096263)^{2}}{500} - \sin{\left((1.4672096263) \right)}} = 1.4510361161 LaTeX:  x_{4} =  (1.4510361161) - \frac{- \frac{347 (1.4510361161)^{3}}{500} + \cos{\left((1.4510361161) \right)} + 2}{- \frac{1041 (1.4510361161)^{2}}{500} - \sin{\left((1.4510361161) \right)}} = 1.4508853949 LaTeX:  x_{5} =  (1.4508853949) - \frac{- \frac{347 (1.4508853949)^{3}}{500} + \cos{\left((1.4508853949) \right)} + 2}{- \frac{1041 (1.4508853949)^{2}}{500} - \sin{\left((1.4508853949) \right)}} = 1.4508853819