Use Newton's method to find the first 5 approximations of the solution to the equation LaTeX:  \displaystyle e^{- x}= \frac{123 x^{3}}{250} - 4 using LaTeX:  \displaystyle x_0=3 .

Using the formula for Newton's method gives LaTeX:  x_{n+1} =  x_{n} - \frac{- \frac{123 x_{n}^{3}}{250} + 4 + e^{- x_{n}}}{- \frac{369 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{123 (3.0000000000)^{3}}{250} + 4 + e^{- (3.0000000000)}}{- \frac{369 (3.0000000000)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (3.0000000000)}} = 2.3074575974 LaTeX:  x_{2} =  (2.3074575974) - \frac{- \frac{123 (2.3074575974)^{3}}{250} + 4 + e^{- (2.3074575974)}}{- \frac{369 (2.3074575974)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (2.3074575974)}} = 2.0630491693 LaTeX:  x_{3} =  (2.0630491693) - \frac{- \frac{123 (2.0630491693)^{3}}{250} + 4 + e^{- (2.0630491693)}}{- \frac{369 (2.0630491693)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (2.0630491693)}} = 2.0329307158 LaTeX:  x_{4} =  (2.0329307158) - \frac{- \frac{123 (2.0329307158)^{3}}{250} + 4 + e^{- (2.0329307158)}}{- \frac{369 (2.0329307158)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (2.0329307158)}} = 2.0324989083 LaTeX:  x_{5} =  (2.0324989083) - \frac{- \frac{123 (2.0324989083)^{3}}{250} + 4 + e^{- (2.0324989083)}}{- \frac{369 (2.0324989083)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (2.0324989083)}} = 2.0324988204