Use Newton's method to find the first 5 approximations of the solution to the equation LaTeX:  \displaystyle e^{- x}= \frac{87 x^{3}}{250} - 6 using LaTeX:  \displaystyle x_0=3 .

Using the formula for Newton's method gives LaTeX:  x_{n+1} =  x_{n} - \frac{- \frac{87 x_{n}^{3}}{250} + 6 + e^{- x_{n}}}{- \frac{261 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{87 (3.0000000000)^{3}}{250} + 6 + e^{- (3.0000000000)}}{- \frac{261 (3.0000000000)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (3.0000000000)}} = 2.6457454622 LaTeX:  x_{2} =  (2.6457454622) - \frac{- \frac{87 (2.6457454622)^{3}}{250} + 6 + e^{- (2.6457454622)}}{- \frac{261 (2.6457454622)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (2.6457454622)}} = 2.5950530842 LaTeX:  x_{3} =  (2.5950530842) - \frac{- \frac{87 (2.5950530842)^{3}}{250} + 6 + e^{- (2.5950530842)}}{- \frac{261 (2.5950530842)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (2.5950530842)}} = 2.5940735398 LaTeX:  x_{4} =  (2.5940735398) - \frac{- \frac{87 (2.5940735398)^{3}}{250} + 6 + e^{- (2.5940735398)}}{- \frac{261 (2.5940735398)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (2.5940735398)}} = 2.5940731788 LaTeX:  x_{5} =  (2.5940731788) - \frac{- \frac{87 (2.5940731788)^{3}}{250} + 6 + e^{- (2.5940731788)}}{- \frac{261 (2.5940731788)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (2.5940731788)}} = 2.5940731788