Use Newton's method to find the first 5 approximations of the solution to the equation LaTeX:  \displaystyle e^{- x}= \frac{31 x^{3}}{250} - 5 using LaTeX:  \displaystyle x_0=3 .

Using the formula for Newton's method gives LaTeX:  x_{n+1} =  x_{n} - \frac{- \frac{31 x_{n}^{3}}{250} + 5 + e^{- x_{n}}}{- \frac{93 x_{n}^{2}}{250} - 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{31 (3.0000000000)^{3}}{250} + 5 + e^{- (3.0000000000)}}{- \frac{93 (3.0000000000)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (3.0000000000)}} = 3.5008515937 LaTeX:  x_{2} =  (3.5008515937) - \frac{- \frac{31 (3.5008515937)^{3}}{250} + 5 + e^{- (3.5008515937)}}{- \frac{93 (3.5008515937)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (3.5008515937)}} = 3.4376166082 LaTeX:  x_{3} =  (3.4376166082) - \frac{- \frac{31 (3.4376166082)^{3}}{250} + 5 + e^{- (3.4376166082)}}{- \frac{93 (3.4376166082)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (3.4376166082)}} = 3.4364615963 LaTeX:  x_{4} =  (3.4364615963) - \frac{- \frac{31 (3.4364615963)^{3}}{250} + 5 + e^{- (3.4364615963)}}{- \frac{93 (3.4364615963)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (3.4364615963)}} = 3.4364612157 LaTeX:  x_{5} =  (3.4364612157) - \frac{- \frac{31 (3.4364612157)^{3}}{250} + 5 + e^{- (3.4364612157)}}{- \frac{93 (3.4364612157)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (3.4364612157)}} = 3.4364612157