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OpenStudy (iwanttogotostanford):

@3mar

OpenStudy (iwanttogotostanford):

OpenStudy (iwanttogotostanford):

@3mar @!!!!

OpenStudy (3mar):

Give me a while

OpenStudy (welshfella):

The function is a quadratic with zeroes at -2.414 and 0.414 It is continuos over that range and differentiable so it satisfies Rolle's theorem. That is there is a point c between these zeroes where c' = 0.

OpenStudy (welshfella):

* correction f'(c) = 0

OpenStudy (3mar):

Exactly and that means there is only one value of that c, which is the vertex of the curve at the point (-1,-2) https://www.desmos.com/calculator/hpj4tuq8lq

OpenStudy (welshfella):

the x coordinate of the point will be at midpoints of -1,414 and 0.414 which is -1 c will be (-1,-2)

OpenStudy (welshfella):

@3mar yes

OpenStudy (3mar):

I agree with you @welshfella and that is logic because at c=-1 the slope of this parabolic curve is zero (the tangent line is parallel to the x-axis at the vertex)

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