Saturday, March 13, 2010

Mean Value Theorem II

f ' (c)= f(b)-f(a)/b-a
1. In the graph the slope of point c is parallel to the slope of chord AB which shows that both have the same slope. When solving for f ' (c) you are basically looking for a point in the graph that has the same slope between two points in the graph.


2. In order to meet the conditions of the Mean Value theorem a function needs to be continous and differentiable. In this example the function in the graph is discontinous. The y- axis is an asymptote.The mean value theorem does not apply here because there is no point in the function that has the same slope of points A and B.


3. The function 7sin(x^2) does not satisfy the conditions of the mean value theorem because the graph is continuous but not differentiable. The slope of points A and B is zero but there is no point in the function with a slope of zero. As seen in the graph the peaks are undifferentiable with an undefined slope which means the mean value theorem does not work in this case.






7 comments:

  1. Very interesting, original graphs !
    Hmmm for parts 2&3, why ?

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  2. wait wait im lost in number 3.
    : (

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  3. Wow I really do love those octopus looking graphs! (:
    #1 is very simple and to the point! No rambling on about anything. Great!

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  4. i'm still lil confused on number 3 but i like the graph it's unique!...

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  5. u should of use paint to erase or crop #3 to make it look fancy or even irfan view :D and nice straight forward explanations

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  6. good explanations, their short and get to the point. it better than mines.

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  7. i understand example 3

    haha

    its like the same graph i used in my blog..
    f(x)=sin(1/x)

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