Solution

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

Again let and . Since is a nondecreasing monotonic function, on . The condition and the monotonicity of the Riemann integral give
Set . By part (a), is continuous. Therefore the function
is continuous on . Its endpoint values are and , which enclose . The intermediate value theorem provides with , so
If the two endpoint values coincide, the preceding bounds force to equal that common value and either endpoint works. Thus the proof also covers , and , without dividing by any possibly zero quantity.

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