Use Newton's method to find the first 5 approximations of the solution to the equation LaTeX:  \displaystyle e^{- x}= \frac{69 x^{3}}{125} - 5 using LaTeX:  \displaystyle x_0=3 .

Using the formula for Newton's method gives LaTeX:  x_{n+1} =  x_{n} - \frac{- \frac{69 x_{n}^{3}}{125} + 5 + e^{- x_{n}}}{- \frac{207 x_{n}^{2}}{125} - 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{69 (3.0000000000)^{3}}{125} + 5 + e^{- (3.0000000000)}}{- \frac{207 (3.0000000000)^{2}}{125} - e^{- (3.0000000000)}} = 2.3410222516 LaTeX:  x_{2} =  (2.3410222516) - \frac{- \frac{69 (2.3410222516)^{3}}{125} + 5 + e^{- (2.3410222516)}}{- \frac{207 (2.3410222516)^{2}}{125} - e^{- (2.3410222516)}} = 2.1245130974 LaTeX:  x_{3} =  (2.1245130974) - \frac{- \frac{69 (2.1245130974)^{3}}{125} + 5 + e^{- (2.1245130974)}}{- \frac{207 (2.1245130974)^{2}}{125} - e^{- (2.1245130974)}} = 2.1016400125 LaTeX:  x_{4} =  (2.1016400125) - \frac{- \frac{69 (2.1016400125)^{3}}{125} + 5 + e^{- (2.1016400125)}}{- \frac{207 (2.1016400125)^{2}}{125} - e^{- (2.1016400125)}} = 2.1013976259 LaTeX:  x_{5} =  (2.1013976259) - \frac{- \frac{69 (2.1013976259)^{3}}{125} + 5 + e^{- (2.1013976259)}}{- \frac{207 (2.1013976259)^{2}}{125} - e^{- (2.1013976259)}} = 2.1013975989