Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Mean Value Theorem



Remember the steps:
1) Verify that the function is continuous on the closed interval and differentiable on the open interval. If not, stop here. You wish you could be so lucky :)
2) Find the derivative
3) Find the slope of the secant line connecting the end points
4) Set 1 and 2 equal to eachother
5) Solve for x (which is c in this case)
6) Use only the values of x that lie WITHIN the interval (don't include end points here)

Complete 31-41 odds

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