The Mean Value Theorem [cont.]
THE MEAN VALUE THEOREM IN PHYSICS
Let's refer back to a graph from the previous section:
What you're seeing is the Mean Value Theorem!! The dotted smooth curve is broken into intervals - by connecting the endpoints of each interval, we draw the secant line. The slope of the secant line is the average velocity of each interval.
Let's take a closer look at an interval:
let's go on to Concavity
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