Use Newton's method to find the first 5 approximations of the solution to the equation LaTeX:  \displaystyle e^{- x}= \frac{59 x^{3}}{200} - 2 using LaTeX:  \displaystyle x_0=1 .

Using the formula for Newton's method gives LaTeX:  x_{n+1} =  x_{n} - \frac{- \frac{59 x_{n}^{3}}{200} + 2 + e^{- x_{n}}}{- \frac{177 x_{n}^{2}}{200} - e^{- x_{n}}}   Using LaTeX:  \displaystyle x_0 = 1 and LaTeX:  \displaystyle n = 0,1,2,3, and LaTeX:  \displaystyle 4 gives: LaTeX:  x_{1} =  (1.0000000000) - \frac{- \frac{59 (1.0000000000)^{3}}{200} + 2 + e^{- (1.0000000000)}}{- \frac{177 (1.0000000000)^{2}}{200} - e^{- (1.0000000000)}} = 2.6544923422 LaTeX:  x_{2} =  (2.6544923422) - \frac{- \frac{59 (2.6544923422)^{3}}{200} + 2 + e^{- (2.6544923422)}}{- \frac{177 (2.6544923422)^{2}}{200} - e^{- (2.6544923422)}} = 2.1078244219 LaTeX:  x_{3} =  (2.1078244219) - \frac{- \frac{59 (2.1078244219)^{3}}{200} + 2 + e^{- (2.1078244219)}}{- \frac{177 (2.1078244219)^{2}}{200} - e^{- (2.1078244219)}} = 1.9496534340 LaTeX:  x_{4} =  (1.9496534340) - \frac{- \frac{59 (1.9496534340)^{3}}{200} + 2 + e^{- (1.9496534340)}}{- \frac{177 (1.9496534340)^{2}}{200} - e^{- (1.9496534340)}} = 1.9371336331 LaTeX:  x_{5} =  (1.9371336331) - \frac{- \frac{59 (1.9371336331)^{3}}{200} + 2 + e^{- (1.9371336331)}}{- \frac{177 (1.9371336331)^{2}}{200} - e^{- (1.9371336331)}} = 1.9370589807