Use Newton's method to find the first 5 approximations of the solution to the equation LaTeX:  \displaystyle e^{- x}= \frac{201 x^{3}}{1000} - 2 using LaTeX:  \displaystyle x_0=3 .

Using the formula for Newton's method gives LaTeX:  x_{n+1} =  x_{n} - \frac{- \frac{201 x_{n}^{3}}{1000} + 2 + e^{- x_{n}}}{- \frac{603 x_{n}^{2}}{1000} - 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{201 (3.0000000000)^{3}}{1000} + 2 + e^{- (3.0000000000)}}{- \frac{603 (3.0000000000)^{2}}{1000} - e^{- (3.0000000000)}} = 2.3833587303 LaTeX:  x_{2} =  (2.3833587303) - \frac{- \frac{201 (2.3833587303)^{3}}{1000} + 2 + e^{- (2.3833587303)}}{- \frac{603 (2.3833587303)^{2}}{1000} - e^{- (2.3833587303)}} = 2.2045442018 LaTeX:  x_{3} =  (2.2045442018) - \frac{- \frac{201 (2.2045442018)^{3}}{1000} + 2 + e^{- (2.2045442018)}}{- \frac{603 (2.2045442018)^{2}}{1000} - e^{- (2.2045442018)}} = 2.1903256773 LaTeX:  x_{4} =  (2.1903256773) - \frac{- \frac{201 (2.1903256773)^{3}}{1000} + 2 + e^{- (2.1903256773)}}{- \frac{603 (2.1903256773)^{2}}{1000} - e^{- (2.1903256773)}} = 2.1902401579 LaTeX:  x_{5} =  (2.1902401579) - \frac{- \frac{201 (2.1902401579)^{3}}{1000} + 2 + e^{- (2.1902401579)}}{- \frac{603 (2.1902401579)^{2}}{1000} - e^{- (2.1902401579)}} = 2.1902401548