Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 4: Applications of Derivatives - Section 4.2 - The Mean Value Theorem - Exercises 4.2 - Page 199: 57

Answer

$y=-0.71$, see explanations.

Work Step by Step

Step 1. See graph; it appears as a straight line $y=-0.71$ Step 2. We can explain the result in two ways: evaluate the function to obtain a constant or calculate the derivative of the function to get $f'(x)=0$ Step 3. $f'(x)=cos(x) sin(x+2)+sin(x) cos(x+2)-2sin(x+1)cos(x+1)=sin(x+2+x)-sin2(x+1)=0$, thus $f(x)=C$ where $C$ is a constant. Step 4. Apply the trig product to the sum and half angle formulas, $f(x)=sin(x) sin(x+2)-sin^2(x+1)=\frac{1}{2}(cos(x+2-x)-cos(x+2+x))-\frac{1}{2}(1-cos2(x+1))=\frac{1}{2}(cos2-cos2(x+1))-\frac{1}{2}(1-cos2(x+1))=\frac{1}{2}cos2-\frac{1}{2}\approx-0.71$
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