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Today I will understand and use the Intermediate Value Theorem

1.4 Continuity and One-Sided Limits. Homework: p. 80 (75-87 odd, 91-95, 107). Objective. Today I will understand and use the Intermediate Value Theorem. Intermediate Value Theorem. f ( b ). k. f ( a ). c. a. b.

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Today I will understand and use the Intermediate Value Theorem

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  1. 1.4 Continuity and One-Sided Limits Homework: p. 80 (75-87 odd, 91-95, 107) Objective Today I will understand and use the Intermediate Value Theorem

  2. Intermediate Value Theorem f(b) k f(a) c a b If f is continuous on the closed interval [a, b] and k is any number between f(a) and f(b), then there is at least one number c in [a, b] such that:

  3. Example Suppose that a girl is 5 feet tall on her thirteenth birthday and 5 feet 7 inches tall on her fourteenth birthday. Then, for any height h between 5 feet and 5 feet 7 inches, there must have been a time t when her height was exactly h. This seems reasonable because human growth is continuous and a person’s height does not abruptly change from one value to another.

  4. Example 8 – An Application of the Intermediate Value Theorem Use the Intermediate Value Theorem to show that the polynomial function has a zero (x-intercept: (c,0)) in the interval [0, 1]. Solution: Note that f is continuous on the closed interval [0, 1]. Because it follows that f(0) < 0 and f(1) > 0.

  5. Example 8 – Solution cont’d You can therefore apply the Intermediate Value Theorem to conclude that there must be some c in [0, 1] such that as shown in Figure 1.37. Figure 1.37

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