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The '''Mean Value Theorem''' of [[Calculus]] states that for some value ''c'' on the function ''f'' on some interval [a, b], ''f'(c)'' (the slope of ''f'' at ''c'') will equal the average slope over [a, b].
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The '''Mean value theorem''' of [[Calculus]] states that for some value ''c'' on the [[function]] ''f'' on some interval [a, b], ''f'(c)'' (the [[slope]] of ''f'' at ''c'') will equal the average slope over [a, b], provided that ''f'' is continuous over the interval [a, b] and differentiable on the interval (a, b).
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This is written algebraically as: <math>f(b) - f(a) = f'(c)(b-a)</math>, where c is between b and a.
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[[Category:Calculus]]

Latest revision as of 15:52, July 13, 2016

The Mean value theorem of Calculus states that for some value c on the function f on some interval [a, b], f'(c) (the slope of f at c) will equal the average slope over [a, b], provided that f is continuous over the interval [a, b] and differentiable on the interval (a, b).

This is written algebraically as: , where c is between b and a.