Use Newton's method to find the first 5 approximations of the solution to the equation LaTeX:  \displaystyle \cos{\left(x \right)}= \frac{18 x^{3}}{125} - 2 using LaTeX:  \displaystyle x_0=3 .

Using the formula for Newton's method gives LaTeX:  x_{n+1} =  x_{n} - \frac{- \frac{18 x_{n}^{3}}{125} + \cos{\left(x_{n} \right)} + 2}{- \frac{54 x_{n}^{2}}{125} - \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{18 (3.0000000000)^{3}}{125} + \cos{\left((3.0000000000) \right)} + 2}{- \frac{54 (3.0000000000)^{2}}{125} - \sin{\left((3.0000000000) \right)}} = 2.2857019670 LaTeX:  x_{2} =  (2.2857019670) - \frac{- \frac{18 (2.2857019670)^{3}}{125} + \cos{\left((2.2857019670) \right)} + 2}{- \frac{54 (2.2857019670)^{2}}{125} - \sin{\left((2.2857019670) \right)}} = 2.1611640805 LaTeX:  x_{3} =  (2.1611640805) - \frac{- \frac{18 (2.1611640805)^{3}}{125} + \cos{\left((2.1611640805) \right)} + 2}{- \frac{54 (2.1611640805)^{2}}{125} - \sin{\left((2.1611640805) \right)}} = 2.1575823741 LaTeX:  x_{4} =  (2.1575823741) - \frac{- \frac{18 (2.1575823741)^{3}}{125} + \cos{\left((2.1575823741) \right)} + 2}{- \frac{54 (2.1575823741)^{2}}{125} - \sin{\left((2.1575823741) \right)}} = 2.1575794181 LaTeX:  x_{5} =  (2.1575794181) - \frac{- \frac{18 (2.1575794181)^{3}}{125} + \cos{\left((2.1575794181) \right)} + 2}{- \frac{54 (2.1575794181)^{2}}{125} - \sin{\left((2.1575794181) \right)}} = 2.1575794181