Use Newton's method to find the first 5 approximations of the solution to the equation LaTeX:  \displaystyle e^{- x}= \frac{63 x^{3}}{500} - 3 using LaTeX:  \displaystyle x_0=3 .

Using the formula for Newton's method gives LaTeX:  x_{n+1} =  x_{n} - \frac{- \frac{63 x_{n}^{3}}{500} + 3 + e^{- x_{n}}}{- \frac{189 x_{n}^{2}}{500} - 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{63 (3.0000000000)^{3}}{500} + 3 + e^{- (3.0000000000)}}{- \frac{189 (3.0000000000)^{2}}{500} - e^{- (3.0000000000)}} = 2.8979621498 LaTeX:  x_{2} =  (2.8979621498) - \frac{- \frac{63 (2.8979621498)^{3}}{500} + 3 + e^{- (2.8979621498)}}{- \frac{189 (2.8979621498)^{2}}{500} - e^{- (2.8979621498)}} = 2.8944308676 LaTeX:  x_{3} =  (2.8944308676) - \frac{- \frac{63 (2.8944308676)^{3}}{500} + 3 + e^{- (2.8944308676)}}{- \frac{189 (2.8944308676)^{2}}{500} - e^{- (2.8944308676)}} = 2.8944267367 LaTeX:  x_{4} =  (2.8944267367) - \frac{- \frac{63 (2.8944267367)^{3}}{500} + 3 + e^{- (2.8944267367)}}{- \frac{189 (2.8944267367)^{2}}{500} - e^{- (2.8944267367)}} = 2.8944267367 LaTeX:  x_{5} =  (2.8944267367) - \frac{- \frac{63 (2.8944267367)^{3}}{500} + 3 + e^{- (2.8944267367)}}{- \frac{189 (2.8944267367)^{2}}{500} - e^{- (2.8944267367)}} = 2.8944267367