Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 4: Applications of Derivatives - Additional and Advanced Exercises - Page 246: 9

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This does not contradict the corollary of the Mean Value Theorem where the Theorem requires the derivative to be zero for all $x$ values in the domain. In the case of $f(x)=x^2$, we have $f’(x)=2x$ which is zero at only one point ($x=0$), while for $x\ne0, f’(x)\ne0$.
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