Use Newton's method to find the first 5 approximations of the solution to the equation LaTeX:  \displaystyle e^{- x}= \frac{421 x^{3}}{1000} - 4 using LaTeX:  \displaystyle x_0=3 .

Using the formula for Newton's method gives LaTeX:  x_{n+1} =  x_{n} - \frac{- \frac{421 x_{n}^{3}}{1000} + 4 + e^{- x_{n}}}{- \frac{1263 x_{n}^{2}}{1000} - 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{421 (3.0000000000)^{3}}{1000} + 4 + e^{- (3.0000000000)}}{- \frac{1263 (3.0000000000)^{2}}{1000} - e^{- (3.0000000000)}} = 2.3590829988 LaTeX:  x_{2} =  (2.3590829988) - \frac{- \frac{421 (2.3590829988)^{3}}{1000} + 4 + e^{- (2.3590829988)}}{- \frac{1263 (2.3590829988)^{2}}{1000} - e^{- (2.3590829988)}} = 2.1579476422 LaTeX:  x_{3} =  (2.1579476422) - \frac{- \frac{421 (2.1579476422)^{3}}{1000} + 4 + e^{- (2.1579476422)}}{- \frac{1263 (2.1579476422)^{2}}{1000} - e^{- (2.1579476422)}} = 2.1387605164 LaTeX:  x_{4} =  (2.1387605164) - \frac{- \frac{421 (2.1387605164)^{3}}{1000} + 4 + e^{- (2.1387605164)}}{- \frac{1263 (2.1387605164)^{2}}{1000} - e^{- (2.1387605164)}} = 2.1385944482 LaTeX:  x_{5} =  (2.1385944482) - \frac{- \frac{421 (2.1385944482)^{3}}{1000} + 4 + e^{- (2.1385944482)}}{- \frac{1263 (2.1385944482)^{2}}{1000} - e^{- (2.1385944482)}} = 2.1385944359