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Calculus Mean Value Theorem Question..!?

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This involves the Mean Value Theorem. 

Let [a,b] = [0,1] and let f(x) = x^3. Find a number c= ______ such that 

f(b) -f(a) = f'(c)(b-a).

asked Nov 12, 2014 in PRECALCULUS by anonymous

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The given function is f (x) = x³ and the interval is [ a , b ] =[ 0, 1 ].

From mean value theorm ,image

image

Now f (b) =f (1) = image =  1.

f(a) = f(0) =(0) = 0.

Now image

=(1 - 0) / 1= 1.

From mean value theorm image=0

image

Hence the value of  image.

answered Nov 12, 2014 by saurav Pupil
reshown Nov 12, 2014 by bradely

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