Use Newton's method to find the first 5 approximations of the solution to the equation LaTeX:  \displaystyle e^{- x}= \frac{89 x^{3}}{250} - 8 using LaTeX:  \displaystyle x_0=3 .

Using the formula for Newton's method gives LaTeX:  x_{n+1} =  x_{n} - \frac{- \frac{89 x_{n}^{3}}{250} + 8 + e^{- x_{n}}}{- \frac{267 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{89 (3.0000000000)^{3}}{250} + 8 + e^{- (3.0000000000)}}{- \frac{267 (3.0000000000)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (3.0000000000)}} = 2.8383101469 LaTeX:  x_{2} =  (2.8383101469) - \frac{- \frac{89 (2.8383101469)^{3}}{250} + 8 + e^{- (2.8383101469)}}{- \frac{267 (2.8383101469)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (2.8383101469)}} = 2.8288932997 LaTeX:  x_{3} =  (2.8288932997) - \frac{- \frac{89 (2.8288932997)^{3}}{250} + 8 + e^{- (2.8288932997)}}{- \frac{267 (2.8288932997)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (2.8288932997)}} = 2.8288624014 LaTeX:  x_{4} =  (2.8288624014) - \frac{- \frac{89 (2.8288624014)^{3}}{250} + 8 + e^{- (2.8288624014)}}{- \frac{267 (2.8288624014)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (2.8288624014)}} = 2.8288624011 LaTeX:  x_{5} =  (2.8288624011) - \frac{- \frac{89 (2.8288624011)^{3}}{250} + 8 + e^{- (2.8288624011)}}{- \frac{267 (2.8288624011)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (2.8288624011)}} = 2.8288624011