Let f(x) satisfy the requirements of Lagrange’s mean value theorem in [0, 2]. If f(0) = 0 and f'(x) ≤ $\frac{1}{2}$ for all x in [0, 2], then |
|f(x)| ≤ 2 f(x) ≤ 1 f(x) = 2x f(x) = 3 for at least one x in [0, 2] |
f(x) ≤ 1 |
Given $f'(x) \leq \frac{1}{2}$ $\Rightarrow \frac{d}{d x}\left(f(x)-\frac{x}{2}\right) \leq 0$ $\Rightarrow h(x)=f(x)-\frac{x}{2}$ is a deceasing that. Now h(0) = 0 and h(x) is decreasing $\Rightarrow f(x) \frac{x}{2} \leq 0$ $\Rightarrow f(x) \leq \frac{x}{2}$ $\Rightarrow f(x) \leq 1$ since $x \in\{0,2\}$ |