Average Value

Jason Slowbe, Nov 20, 2014

Morphing the area under a function to graphically represent its average y-value. Animating the Mean Value Theorem for slopes on an interval.


  • 1. Morph Average Value v1
  • 2. Morph Average Value v2
  • 3. Morph Average Value v3
  • 4. MVT Intro Applet

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Morph Average Value v1

Every point on this line segment has a y-value. What is the average of all of these y-values? [br]Visually estimate what you think the average y-value should be. Then drag the slider to check your guess.[br]How can we use calculus to compute this average value?
– Jason Slowbe

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