Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2015/prelims/mathematics-ii/7/b/solution

Write and . By the extreme value theorem, attains a minimum and a maximum on . Because , the monotonicity of the Riemann integral gives
If , this forces , and every satisfies the required identity. This includes .
If , divide to obtain . The intermediate value theorem, applied between points where the continuous function attains and , supplies with . Hence the weighted mean value theorem for integrals gives

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