Use Newton's method to find the first 5 approximations of the solution to the equation LaTeX:  \displaystyle e^{- x}= \frac{117 x^{3}}{200} - 2 using LaTeX:  \displaystyle x_0=1 .

Using the formula for Newton's method gives LaTeX:  x_{n+1} =  x_{n} - \frac{- \frac{117 x_{n}^{3}}{200} + 2 + e^{- x_{n}}}{- \frac{351 x_{n}^{2}}{200} - 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{117 (1.0000000000)^{3}}{200} + 2 + e^{- (1.0000000000)}}{- \frac{351 (1.0000000000)^{2}}{200} - e^{- (1.0000000000)}} = 1.8398401749 LaTeX:  x_{2} =  (1.8398401749) - \frac{- \frac{117 (1.8398401749)^{3}}{200} + 2 + e^{- (1.8398401749)}}{- \frac{351 (1.8398401749)^{2}}{200} - e^{- (1.8398401749)}} = 1.5964664443 LaTeX:  x_{3} =  (1.5964664443) - \frac{- \frac{117 (1.5964664443)^{3}}{200} + 2 + e^{- (1.5964664443)}}{- \frac{351 (1.5964664443)^{2}}{200} - e^{- (1.5964664443)}} = 1.5584587630 LaTeX:  x_{4} =  (1.5584587630) - \frac{- \frac{117 (1.5584587630)^{3}}{200} + 2 + e^{- (1.5584587630)}}{- \frac{351 (1.5584587630)^{2}}{200} - e^{- (1.5584587630)}} = 1.5575942195 LaTeX:  x_{5} =  (1.5575942195) - \frac{- \frac{117 (1.5575942195)^{3}}{200} + 2 + e^{- (1.5575942195)}}{- \frac{351 (1.5575942195)^{2}}{200} - e^{- (1.5575942195)}} = 1.5575937797