Use Newton's method to find the first 5 approximations of the solution to the equation LaTeX:  \displaystyle e^{- x}= \frac{381 x^{3}}{500} - 9 using LaTeX:  \displaystyle x_0=3 .

Using the formula for Newton's method gives LaTeX:  x_{n+1} =  x_{n} - \frac{- \frac{381 x_{n}^{3}}{500} + 9 + e^{- x_{n}}}{- \frac{1143 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{381 (3.0000000000)^{3}}{500} + 9 + e^{- (3.0000000000)}}{- \frac{1143 (3.0000000000)^{2}}{500} - e^{- (3.0000000000)}} = 2.4412174208 LaTeX:  x_{2} =  (2.4412174208) - \frac{- \frac{381 (2.4412174208)^{3}}{500} + 9 + e^{- (2.4412174208)}}{- \frac{1143 (2.4412174208)^{2}}{500} - e^{- (2.4412174208)}} = 2.2954224585 LaTeX:  x_{3} =  (2.2954224585) - \frac{- \frac{381 (2.2954224585)^{3}}{500} + 9 + e^{- (2.2954224585)}}{- \frac{1143 (2.2954224585)^{2}}{500} - e^{- (2.2954224585)}} = 2.2859301648 LaTeX:  x_{4} =  (2.2859301648) - \frac{- \frac{381 (2.2859301648)^{3}}{500} + 9 + e^{- (2.2859301648)}}{- \frac{1143 (2.2859301648)^{2}}{500} - e^{- (2.2859301648)}} = 2.2858913505 LaTeX:  x_{5} =  (2.2858913505) - \frac{- \frac{381 (2.2858913505)^{3}}{500} + 9 + e^{- (2.2858913505)}}{- \frac{1143 (2.2858913505)^{2}}{500} - e^{- (2.2858913505)}} = 2.2858913498