Use Newton's method to find the first 5 approximations of the solution to the equation LaTeX:  \displaystyle e^{- x}= \frac{69 x^{3}}{250} - 8 using LaTeX:  \displaystyle x_0=3 .

Using the formula for Newton's method gives LaTeX:  x_{n+1} =  x_{n} - \frac{- \frac{69 x_{n}^{3}}{250} + 8 + e^{- x_{n}}}{- \frac{207 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{69 (3.0000000000)^{3}}{250} + 8 + e^{- (3.0000000000)}}{- \frac{207 (3.0000000000)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (3.0000000000)}} = 3.0796859552 LaTeX:  x_{2} =  (3.0796859552) - \frac{- \frac{69 (3.0796859552)^{3}}{250} + 8 + e^{- (3.0796859552)}}{- \frac{207 (3.0796859552)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (3.0796859552)}} = 3.0776909546 LaTeX:  x_{3} =  (3.0776909546) - \frac{- \frac{69 (3.0776909546)^{3}}{250} + 8 + e^{- (3.0776909546)}}{- \frac{207 (3.0776909546)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (3.0776909546)}} = 3.0776896800 LaTeX:  x_{4} =  (3.0776896800) - \frac{- \frac{69 (3.0776896800)^{3}}{250} + 8 + e^{- (3.0776896800)}}{- \frac{207 (3.0776896800)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (3.0776896800)}} = 3.0776896800 LaTeX:  x_{5} =  (3.0776896800) - \frac{- \frac{69 (3.0776896800)^{3}}{250} + 8 + e^{- (3.0776896800)}}{- \frac{207 (3.0776896800)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (3.0776896800)}} = 3.0776896800