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OpenStudy (amy0799):

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OpenStudy (amy0799):

Is the answer 3?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sorry i can't open the page can u screen shot it

OpenStudy (amy0799):

i dont know how to screenshot, you should be able to open it

zepdrix (zepdrix):

|dw:1451853557529:dw|slope through a and b looks like this, ya?

zepdrix (zepdrix):

|dw:1451853605970:dw|And you said that we have three x's which satisfy f'(x) giving us the same slope as that secant line? Hmm that seems about right :)

zepdrix (zepdrix):

It must have something to do with the number of critical points, I don't know how to formalize it, but just looking at the graph, that seems to make sense, ya?

OpenStudy (amy0799):

ok cool, that was my thinking. Thanks!

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