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Question 7.8

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3 months ago

Since ff is continuous and f(x)0f(x)\ne0 for all xx, ff must be either positive or negative. Otherwise, by the IVT, there would be an xx such that f(x)=0f(x)=0. For contradiction, if for x1x_1 and x2x_2 we have f(x1)=g(x1)f(x_1)=g(x_1) and f(x2)=g(x2)f(x_2)=-g(x_2), then the signs of g(x1)g(x_1) and g(x2)g(x_2) must be different. By the IVT, there would exist x3x_3 such that

0=g(x3)=±f(x3),0=g(x_3)=\pm f(x_3),

which clearly contradicts f(x)0f(x)\ne0.

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