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Differentiable function/Mean value theorem/Quotient version/Fact

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Mean value theorem (quotient version)

Let b>a, and suppose that

f,g:[a,b]

are continuous functions which are differentiable on ]a,b[ and such that

g(x)0

for all x]a,b[.

Then

g(b)g(a), and there exists some c]a,b[ such that

f(b)f(a)g(b)g(a)=f(c)g(c).