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How can you show that there is a real number x such that cosx=x-1?
Can anyone help me with this math problem? Please explain it to me in detail.
2 Answers
- ?Lv 76 years ago
let f(x) = cos (x) - x +1
f(0) = cos(0) - 0 +1 = 2
f(pi/2) = cos(pi/2) - pi/2 + 1 = 0 - 3.14 +1 = -2.14
Since f(0) > 0 > f(pi/2)
then by the Intermediate Value Thm there is a
real number c such that f(c) = 0
or cos (c) - c+1 =0
or cos(c) = c -1
So we have proved that there is a real number x such that cosx=x-1
- Anonymous6 years ago
Show that the line f(x) = x - 1 intersects the graph of g(x) = cos(x).
Or show that h(x) = cos(x) - x + 1 has both positive and negative values.