Use Newton's method to find the first 5 approximations of the solution to the equation LaTeX:  \displaystyle e^{- x}= \frac{147 x^{3}}{250} - 1 using LaTeX:  \displaystyle x_0=1 .

Using the formula for Newton's method gives LaTeX:  x_{n+1} =  x_{n} - \frac{- \frac{147 x_{n}^{3}}{250} + 1 + e^{- x_{n}}}{- \frac{441 x_{n}^{2}}{250} - e^{- x_{n}}}   Using LaTeX:  \displaystyle x_0 = 1 and LaTeX:  \displaystyle n = 0,1,2,3, and LaTeX:  \displaystyle 4 gives: LaTeX:  x_{1} =  (1.0000000000) - \frac{- \frac{147 (1.0000000000)^{3}}{250} + 1 + e^{- (1.0000000000)}}{- \frac{441 (1.0000000000)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (1.0000000000)}} = 1.3658177972 LaTeX:  x_{2} =  (1.3658177972) - \frac{- \frac{147 (1.3658177972)^{3}}{250} + 1 + e^{- (1.3658177972)}}{- \frac{441 (1.3658177972)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (1.3658177972)}} = 1.2972926502 LaTeX:  x_{3} =  (1.2972926502) - \frac{- \frac{147 (1.2972926502)^{3}}{250} + 1 + e^{- (1.2972926502)}}{- \frac{441 (1.2972926502)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (1.2972926502)}} = 1.2940505046 LaTeX:  x_{4} =  (1.2940505046) - \frac{- \frac{147 (1.2940505046)^{3}}{250} + 1 + e^{- (1.2940505046)}}{- \frac{441 (1.2940505046)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (1.2940505046)}} = 1.2940435045 LaTeX:  x_{5} =  (1.2940435045) - \frac{- \frac{147 (1.2940435045)^{3}}{250} + 1 + e^{- (1.2940435045)}}{- \frac{441 (1.2940435045)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (1.2940435045)}} = 1.2940435044