Use Newton's method to find the first 5 approximations of the solution to the equation LaTeX:  \displaystyle \cos{\left(x \right)}= \frac{171 x^{3}}{500} - 9 using LaTeX:  \displaystyle x_0=3 .

Using the formula for Newton's method gives LaTeX:  x_{n+1} =  x_{n} - \frac{- \frac{171 x_{n}^{3}}{500} + \cos{\left(x_{n} \right)} + 9}{- \frac{513 x_{n}^{2}}{500} - \sin{\left(x_{n} \right)}}   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{171 (3.0000000000)^{3}}{500} + \cos{\left((3.0000000000) \right)} + 9}{- \frac{513 (3.0000000000)^{2}}{500} - \sin{\left((3.0000000000) \right)}} = 2.8694424716 LaTeX:  x_{2} =  (2.8694424716) - \frac{- \frac{171 (2.8694424716)^{3}}{500} + \cos{\left((2.8694424716) \right)} + 9}{- \frac{513 (2.8694424716)^{2}}{500} - \sin{\left((2.8694424716) \right)}} = 2.8644713492 LaTeX:  x_{3} =  (2.8644713492) - \frac{- \frac{171 (2.8644713492)^{3}}{500} + \cos{\left((2.8644713492) \right)} + 9}{- \frac{513 (2.8644713492)^{2}}{500} - \sin{\left((2.8644713492) \right)}} = 2.8644643525 LaTeX:  x_{4} =  (2.8644643525) - \frac{- \frac{171 (2.8644643525)^{3}}{500} + \cos{\left((2.8644643525) \right)} + 9}{- \frac{513 (2.8644643525)^{2}}{500} - \sin{\left((2.8644643525) \right)}} = 2.8644643525 LaTeX:  x_{5} =  (2.8644643525) - \frac{- \frac{171 (2.8644643525)^{3}}{500} + \cos{\left((2.8644643525) \right)} + 9}{- \frac{513 (2.8644643525)^{2}}{500} - \sin{\left((2.8644643525) \right)}} = 2.8644643525