Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-709-5

Chapter 3 - Differentiation - 3.2 Exercises - Page 174: 26

Answer

$ c\approx -0.5756$

Work Step by Step

Rolle's Theorem Let $f$ be continuous on the closed interval $[a, b]$ and differentiable on the open interval $(a, b)$ . If $f(a)=f(b)$ , then there is at least one number $c$ in $(a, b)$ such that $f^{\prime}(c)=0.$ ---- Check the conditions for the theorem: $f$ is continuous on $[-1,\ 0].$ $f$ is differentiable on $(-1,0)$. $f(-1)=f(0)=0$ Rolle's Theorem applies, a value x=c exists such that $f^{\prime}(c)=0$ $ f^{\prime}(x)=\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}-(\cos\frac{\pi x}{6})\cdot\frac{\pi}{6}\quad$ (chain rule on the second term) $f^{\prime}(c)=0$ $\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}-\frac{\pi}{6}\cos\frac{\pi c}{6}=0$ $\displaystyle \cos\frac{\pi c}{6}=\frac{3}{\pi}$ $\displaystyle \frac{\pi c}{6}=\arccos\frac{3}{\pi}$ ... The RHS wil return a positive value, but we need to see if there is a negative, in the interval $(-1,0)$, so we change the sign ... $c=-\displaystyle \frac{6}{\pi}\arccos\frac{3}{\pi}\approx-0.5756$ rad $ c\approx -0.5756$
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