Use Newton's method to find the first 5 approximations of the solution to the equation LaTeX:  \displaystyle e^{- x}= \frac{3 x^{3}}{100} - 7 using LaTeX:  \displaystyle x_0=7 .

Using the formula for Newton's method gives LaTeX:  x_{n+1} =  x_{n} - \frac{- \frac{3 x_{n}^{3}}{100} + 7 + e^{- x_{n}}}{- \frac{9 x_{n}^{2}}{100} - e^{- x_{n}}}   Using LaTeX:  \displaystyle x_0 = 7 and LaTeX:  \displaystyle n = 0,1,2,3, and LaTeX:  \displaystyle 4 gives: LaTeX:  x_{1} =  (7.0000000000) - \frac{- \frac{3 (7.0000000000)^{3}}{100} + 7 + e^{- (7.0000000000)}}{- \frac{9 (7.0000000000)^{2}}{100} - e^{- (7.0000000000)}} = 6.2543292167 LaTeX:  x_{2} =  (6.2543292167) - \frac{- \frac{3 (6.2543292167)^{3}}{100} + 7 + e^{- (6.2543292167)}}{- \frac{9 (6.2543292167)^{2}}{100} - e^{- (6.2543292167)}} = 6.1585066964 LaTeX:  x_{3} =  (6.1585066964) - \frac{- \frac{3 (6.1585066964)^{3}}{100} + 7 + e^{- (6.1585066964)}}{- \frac{9 (6.1585066964)^{2}}{100} - e^{- (6.1585066964)}} = 6.1570038935 LaTeX:  x_{4} =  (6.1570038935) - \frac{- \frac{3 (6.1570038935)^{3}}{100} + 7 + e^{- (6.1570038935)}}{- \frac{9 (6.1570038935)^{2}}{100} - e^{- (6.1570038935)}} = 6.1570035276 LaTeX:  x_{5} =  (6.1570035276) - \frac{- \frac{3 (6.1570035276)^{3}}{100} + 7 + e^{- (6.1570035276)}}{- \frac{9 (6.1570035276)^{2}}{100} - e^{- (6.1570035276)}} = 6.1570035276