Use Newton's method to find the first 5 approximations of the solution to the equation LaTeX:  \displaystyle e^{- x}= \frac{239 x^{3}}{250} - 1 using LaTeX:  \displaystyle x_0=1 .

Using the formula for Newton's method gives LaTeX:  x_{n+1} =  x_{n} - \frac{- \frac{239 x_{n}^{3}}{250} + 1 + e^{- x_{n}}}{- \frac{717 x_{n}^{2}}{250} - 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{239 (1.0000000000)^{3}}{250} + 1 + e^{- (1.0000000000)}}{- \frac{717 (1.0000000000)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (1.0000000000)}} = 1.1272851627 LaTeX:  x_{2} =  (1.1272851627) - \frac{- \frac{239 (1.1272851627)^{3}}{250} + 1 + e^{- (1.1272851627)}}{- \frac{717 (1.1272851627)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (1.1272851627)}} = 1.1157997146 LaTeX:  x_{3} =  (1.1157997146) - \frac{- \frac{239 (1.1157997146)^{3}}{250} + 1 + e^{- (1.1157997146)}}{- \frac{717 (1.1157997146)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (1.1157997146)}} = 1.1156961846 LaTeX:  x_{4} =  (1.1156961846) - \frac{- \frac{239 (1.1156961846)^{3}}{250} + 1 + e^{- (1.1156961846)}}{- \frac{717 (1.1156961846)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (1.1156961846)}} = 1.1156961763 LaTeX:  x_{5} =  (1.1156961763) - \frac{- \frac{239 (1.1156961763)^{3}}{250} + 1 + e^{- (1.1156961763)}}{- \frac{717 (1.1156961763)^{2}}{250} - e^{- (1.1156961763)}} = 1.1156961763