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| − | |What is a zero of the function <math style="vertical-align: -5px">f(x)?</math> | |
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| − | | A zero is a value <math style="vertical-align: -1px">c</math> such that <math style="vertical-align: -5px">f(c)=0.</math>
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| − | !(a)
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| − | |'''Intermediate Value Theorem'''
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| − | | If <math style="vertical-align: -5px">f(x)</math> is continuous on a closed interval <math style="vertical-align: -5px">[a,b]</math>
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| − | then there is at least one number <math style="vertical-align: 0px">x</math> in the closed interval such that <math style="vertical-align: -5px">f(x)=c.</math>
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| − | |First, <math style="vertical-align: -5px">f(x)</math> is continuous on the interval <math style="vertical-align: -5px">[0,1]</math> since <math style="vertical-align: -5px">f(x)</math> is continuous everywhere.
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| − | |Since <math style="vertical-align: -5px">y=0</math> is between <math style="vertical-align: -5px">f(0)=2</math> and <math style="vertical-align: -5px">f(1)=-3,</math>
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| − | |the Intermediate Value Theorem tells us that there is at least one number <math style="vertical-align: -1px">x</math>
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| − | |This means that <math style="vertical-align: -5px">f(x)</math> has a zero in the interval <math style="vertical-align: -5px">[0,1].</math>
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The function 
is a polynomial and therefore continuous everywhere.
(a) State the Intermediate Value Theorem.
(b) Use the Intermediate Value Theorem to show that Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f(x)}
has a zero in the interval Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle [0,1].}
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