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sin0001

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Average value of a function
« on: July 24, 2012, 08:53:27 pm »
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Can someone please explain what the 'average value of f(x)' is used for, in integration? And what does it actually give, like 'the average value' of what?
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Re: Average value of a function
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2012, 08:59:57 pm »
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"The average value of a function" is just a fancy name (and a result of) for the mean value theorem (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_value_theorem)
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