Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-709-5

Chapter 3 - Differentiation - 3.2 Exercises - Page 174: 4

Answer

$f$ is not differentiable in the interval $(-1,1)$, so the theorem does not apply.

Work Step by Step

Rolle's Theorem Let $f$ be continuous on the closed interval $[a, b]$ and differentiable on the open interval $(a, b)$ . If $f(a)=f(b)$ , then there is at least one number $c$ in $(a, b)$ such that $f^{\prime}(c)=0.$ ----- f(x) is continuous on the interval $[-1,1]$. Let us check whether it is differentiable on $(-1,1)$. $f(x)=\sqrt{(2-x^{2/3})^{3}}=[(2-x^{2/3})^{3}]^{1/2}=(2-x^{2/3})^{3/2}$ $f^{\prime}(x)=$ .. chain rule ... $=\displaystyle \frac{3}{2}\cdot[(2-x^{2/3})^{1/2}(-\frac{2}{3})x^{-1/3}$ $=\displaystyle \frac{-\sqrt{(2-x^{2/3})}}{x^{1/3}}$ $f^{\prime}(x)$ is not defined at x=0, which is in the interval $(-1,1)$. $f$ is not differentiable in the interval $(-1,1)$, so the theorem does not apply.
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