Use Newton's method to find the first 5 approximations of the solution to the equation LaTeX:  \displaystyle e^{- x}= \frac{87 x^{3}}{500} - 5 using LaTeX:  \displaystyle x_0=3 .

Using the formula for Newton's method gives LaTeX:  x_{n+1} =  x_{n} - \frac{- \frac{87 x_{n}^{3}}{500} + 5 + e^{- x_{n}}}{- \frac{261 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{87 (3.0000000000)^{3}}{500} + 5 + e^{- (3.0000000000)}}{- \frac{261 (3.0000000000)^{2}}{500} - e^{- (3.0000000000)}} = 3.0740949548 LaTeX:  x_{2} =  (3.0740949548) - \frac{- \frac{87 (3.0740949548)^{3}}{500} + 5 + e^{- (3.0740949548)}}{- \frac{261 (3.0740949548)^{2}}{500} - e^{- (3.0740949548)}} = 3.0723808383 LaTeX:  x_{3} =  (3.0723808383) - \frac{- \frac{87 (3.0723808383)^{3}}{500} + 5 + e^{- (3.0723808383)}}{- \frac{261 (3.0723808383)^{2}}{500} - e^{- (3.0723808383)}} = 3.0723799042 LaTeX:  x_{4} =  (3.0723799042) - \frac{- \frac{87 (3.0723799042)^{3}}{500} + 5 + e^{- (3.0723799042)}}{- \frac{261 (3.0723799042)^{2}}{500} - e^{- (3.0723799042)}} = 3.0723799042 LaTeX:  x_{5} =  (3.0723799042) - \frac{- \frac{87 (3.0723799042)^{3}}{500} + 5 + e^{- (3.0723799042)}}{- \frac{261 (3.0723799042)^{2}}{500} - e^{- (3.0723799042)}} = 3.0723799042