Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 5 - Integration - 5.4 Working with Integrals - 5.4 Exercises - Page 382: 35

Answer

\[x=2\]

Work Step by Step

\[\begin{align} & f\left( x \right)=8-2x\text{ on }\left[ 0,4 \right] \\ & \text{The average is given by} \\ & {{f}_{avg}}=\frac{1}{b-a}\int_{a}^{b}{f\left( x \right)dx} \\ & \text{Therefore,} \\ & {{f}_{avg}}=\frac{1}{4-0}\int_{0}^{4}{\left( 8-2x \right)dx} \\ & {{f}_{avg}}=\frac{1}{4}\int_{0}^{4}{\left( 8-2x \right)dx} \\ & \text{Integrating} \\ & {{f}_{avg}}=\frac{1}{4}\left[ 8x-{{x}^{2}} \right]_{0}^{4} \\ & {{f}_{avg}}=\frac{1}{4}\left[ 8\left( 4 \right)-{{\left( 4 \right)}^{2}} \right]-\frac{1}{4}\left[ 8\left( 0 \right)-{{\left( 0 \right)}^{2}} \right] \\ & {{f}_{avg}}=\frac{1}{4}\left[ 16 \right]-\frac{1}{4}\left[ 0 \right] \\ & {{f}_{avg}}=4 \\ & \text{The point at which the given function equals its average value is} \\ & 8-2x=4 \\ & -2x=-4 \\ & x=2 \\ \end{align}\]
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