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Chapter 1 Problem 1.5.47

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A Tibetan monk leaves the monastery at 7:00 AM and takes his usual path to the top of the mountain, arriving at 7:00 PM. The following morning, he starts at 7:00 AM at the top and takes the same path back, arriving at the monastery at 7:00 PM. Use the Intermediate Value Theorem to show that there is a point on the path that the monk will cross at exactly the same time of day on both days.

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Title Essential Calculus (Available Titles CengageNOW) 1 
Author James Stewart
ISBN 9780495014423

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