University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 4 - Section 4.2 - The Mean Value Theorem - Exercises - Page 222: 5

Answer

$c=\pm\sqrt{1-\dfrac{4}{\pi^2}}\approx\pm 0.77118$

Work Step by Step

$y=\sin^{-1}x$ is the number in $[-\displaystyle \frac{\pi}{2},\frac{\pi}{2}]$ such that $\sin y=x$ $f(1)=\displaystyle \frac{\pi}{2}, \quad f(-1)=-\frac{\pi}{2}$ $f(x)=\sin^{-1}x$ $f'(x)=\displaystyle \frac{1}{\sqrt{1-x^{2}}}$ f is continuous on $[a,b]=[-1,1]$, differentiable on $(a,b)=(-1,1)$, so, by the Mean Value Theorem, a $c\in(a,b)$ exists such that $f'(c)=\displaystyle \frac{f(1)-f(-1)}{1-(-1)}$ $\displaystyle \frac{1}{\sqrt{1-c^{2}}}=\frac{\frac{\pi}{2}-(-\frac{\pi}{2})}{2}$ $\displaystyle \frac{1}{1-c^{2}}=\frac{\pi^{2}}{4}$ $1-c^{2}=\displaystyle \frac{4}{\pi^{2}}$ $c^{2}=1-\displaystyle \frac{4}{\pi^2}$ $c=\pm\sqrt{1-\frac{4}{\pi^2}}\approx\pm 0.77118$
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