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Average Value of a Function

The integral divided by the region's area as the definition of average value, area-weighted averaging, and the guarantee that continuous functions attain their average.

1. Averages weigh by area

Averages weigh by area

2. Two worked averages

Two worked averages

3. The mean value guarantee

The mean value guarantee

4. Weighted averages with density

Weighted averages with density

5. Computing an average

What is the average value of xyx y over the unit square [0,1]×[0,1][0,1] \times [0,1]?

6. Region shape steers the average

Why is the average of x2x^2 over the unit disk smaller than over the interval [−1,1][-1, 1]?

7. The mean value guarantee

A continuous function on a connected closed region has average value fˉ\bar f. What is guaranteed?

8. Average over a disk

The average of x2x^2 over the unit disk is fˉ=c/4\bar f = c/4 for some constant... give the average directly as a fraction like 1/3.

9. Weighted average computation

Over a region of total mass 66, the integral ∬f δ dA\iint f\, \delta\, dA returns 1515. Give the weighted average of ff, as a decimal like 2.5.

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