Use Newton's method to find the first 5 approximations of the solution to the equation LaTeX:  \displaystyle e^{- x}= \frac{207 x^{3}}{250} - 9 using LaTeX:  \displaystyle x_0=3 .

Using the formula for Newton's method gives LaTeX:  x_{n+1} =  x_{n} - \frac{- \frac{207 x_{n}^{3}}{250} + 9 + e^{- x_{n}}}{- \frac{621 x_{n}^{2}}{250} - e^{- x_{n}}}   Using LaTeX:  \displaystyle x_0 = 3 and LaTeX:  \displaystyle n = 0,1,2,3, and LaTeX:  \displaystyle 4 gives: LaTeX:  x_{1} =  (3.0000000000) - \frac{- \frac{207 (3.0000000000)^{3}}{250} + 9 + e^{- (3.0000000000)}}{- \frac{621 (3.0000000000)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (3.0000000000)}} = 2.4061260651 LaTeX:  x_{2} =  (2.4061260651) - \frac{- \frac{207 (2.4061260651)^{3}}{250} + 9 + e^{- (2.4061260651)}}{- \frac{621 (2.4061260651)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (2.4061260651)}} = 2.2372393797 LaTeX:  x_{3} =  (2.2372393797) - \frac{- \frac{207 (2.2372393797)^{3}}{250} + 9 + e^{- (2.2372393797)}}{- \frac{621 (2.2372393797)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (2.2372393797)}} = 2.2240712693 LaTeX:  x_{4} =  (2.2240712693) - \frac{- \frac{207 (2.2240712693)^{3}}{250} + 9 + e^{- (2.2240712693)}}{- \frac{621 (2.2240712693)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (2.2240712693)}} = 2.2239944299 LaTeX:  x_{5} =  (2.2239944299) - \frac{- \frac{207 (2.2239944299)^{3}}{250} + 9 + e^{- (2.2239944299)}}{- \frac{621 (2.2239944299)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (2.2239944299)}} = 2.2239944273