Calculus 8th Edition

Published by Cengage
ISBN 10: 1285740629
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-062-1

Chapter 3 - Applications of Differentiation - Review - Exercises - Page 287: 35

Answer

Use the Mean Value Theorem

Work Step by Step

Since $f$ is continuous on $[32,33]$ and differentiable on $(32,33)$, then by the Mean Value Theorem there exists a number $c$ in $(32,33)$ such that $f'(c)$ = $\frac{1}{5}c^{-\frac{4}{5}}$ = $\frac{\sqrt[5] {33}-\sqrt[5] {32}}{33-32}$ = $\sqrt[5] {33}-{2}>0$ The function $f'(x)=\frac{1}{5}x^{-4/5}$ is decreasing, so it follows that $f'(c)$ $\lt$ $f'(32)$ = $\frac{1}{5}(32)^{-\frac{4}{5}}$ = $0.0125$, so $0.0125$ $\gt$ $f'(c)$ $0.0125$ $\gt$ $\sqrt[5] {33}-{2}$ Therefore $2$ $\lt$ $\sqrt[5] {33}$ $\lt$ $2.0125$
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