Use Newton's method to find the first 5 approximations of the solution to the equation LaTeX:  \displaystyle e^{- x}= \frac{41 x^{3}}{200} - 7 using LaTeX:  \displaystyle x_0=3 .

Using the formula for Newton's method gives LaTeX:  x_{n+1} =  x_{n} - \frac{- \frac{41 x_{n}^{3}}{200} + 7 + e^{- x_{n}}}{- \frac{123 x_{n}^{2}}{200} - 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{41 (3.0000000000)^{3}}{200} + 7 + e^{- (3.0000000000)}}{- \frac{123 (3.0000000000)^{2}}{200} - e^{- (3.0000000000)}} = 3.2712345251 LaTeX:  x_{2} =  (3.2712345251) - \frac{- \frac{41 (3.2712345251)^{3}}{200} + 7 + e^{- (3.2712345251)}}{- \frac{123 (3.2712345251)^{2}}{200} - e^{- (3.2712345251)}} = 3.2503633652 LaTeX:  x_{3} =  (3.2503633652) - \frac{- \frac{41 (3.2503633652)^{3}}{200} + 7 + e^{- (3.2503633652)}}{- \frac{123 (3.2503633652)^{2}}{200} - e^{- (3.2503633652)}} = 3.2502308460 LaTeX:  x_{4} =  (3.2502308460) - \frac{- \frac{41 (3.2502308460)^{3}}{200} + 7 + e^{- (3.2502308460)}}{- \frac{123 (3.2502308460)^{2}}{200} - e^{- (3.2502308460)}} = 3.2502308407 LaTeX:  x_{5} =  (3.2502308407) - \frac{- \frac{41 (3.2502308407)^{3}}{200} + 7 + e^{- (3.2502308407)}}{- \frac{123 (3.2502308407)^{2}}{200} - e^{- (3.2502308407)}} = 3.2502308407