Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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Chapter 4 - Section 4.2 - The Mean Value Theorem - 4.2 Exercises - Page 292: 31

Answer

$\vert sin~a-sin~b \vert \leq \vert a-b \vert~~~~$ for all $a$ and $b$

Work Step by Step

Let $f(x) = sin~x$ Then $f'(x) = cos~x$ Note that $-1 \leq f'(x) \leq 1$ for all real numbers. 1. $f$ is continuous for all real numbers. 2. $f$ is differentiable for all real numbers. $f$ satisfies the hypotheses of the Mean Value Theorem for all real numbers. Choose any real numbers $a$ and $b$ where $a \lt b$ According to the Mean Value Theorem Theorem, there is a number $c$ in the interval $(a,b)$ such that $f'(c) = \frac{f(b)-f(a)}{b-a}$ Then: $-1 \leq f'(c) \leq 1$ $-1 \leq \frac{f(b)-f(a)}{b-a} \leq 1$ $-1 \leq \frac{sin~b-sin~a}{b-a} \leq 1$ $\frac{\vert sin~b-sin~a \vert}{\vert b-a \vert} \leq 1$ $\vert sin~b-sin~a \vert \leq \vert b-a \vert$ $\vert sin~a-sin~b \vert \leq \vert a-b \vert$ Therefore, since $a$ and $b$ were chosen arbitrarily, $\vert sin~a-sin~b \vert \leq \vert a-b \vert~~~~$ for all $a$ and $b$
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