Use Newton's method to find the first 5 approximations of the solution to the equation LaTeX:  \displaystyle e^{- x}= \frac{119 x^{3}}{250} - 3 using LaTeX:  \displaystyle x_0=1 .

Using the formula for Newton's method gives LaTeX:  x_{n+1} =  x_{n} - \frac{- \frac{119 x_{n}^{3}}{250} + 3 + e^{- x_{n}}}{- \frac{357 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{119 (1.0000000000)^{3}}{250} + 3 + e^{- (1.0000000000)}}{- \frac{357 (1.0000000000)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (1.0000000000)}} = 2.6102859551 LaTeX:  x_{2} =  (2.6102859551) - \frac{- \frac{119 (2.6102859551)^{3}}{250} + 3 + e^{- (2.6102859551)}}{- \frac{357 (2.6102859551)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (2.6102859551)}} = 2.0602328276 LaTeX:  x_{3} =  (2.0602328276) - \frac{- \frac{119 (2.0602328276)^{3}}{250} + 3 + e^{- (2.0602328276)}}{- \frac{357 (2.0602328276)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (2.0602328276)}} = 1.8929765850 LaTeX:  x_{4} =  (1.8929765850) - \frac{- \frac{119 (1.8929765850)^{3}}{250} + 3 + e^{- (1.8929765850)}}{- \frac{357 (1.8929765850)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (1.8929765850)}} = 1.8781334503 LaTeX:  x_{5} =  (1.8781334503) - \frac{- \frac{119 (1.8781334503)^{3}}{250} + 3 + e^{- (1.8781334503)}}{- \frac{357 (1.8781334503)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (1.8781334503)}} = 1.8780222115