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Grade 11Differential Calculus

discuss the application and conclusion of Lagranges mean value theorem on the function f(x)=|x| on interval [-1,1]

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12 Years agoGrade 11
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12 Years ago

if a functionfiscontinuouson theclosed interval[a,b], wherea<b, and differentiable on theopen interval(a,b), then there exists a pointcin (a,b) such that

 f'(c) = \frac{f(b) - f(a)}{b-a} \, .

but f(x)=mod(x) is not differentiable at x=0 so LMV theorem is not applicable in the given interval



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