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The mean value of \( f \) over \( [a,b] \) is

  • A.\( \dfrac{1}{b-a}\displaystyle\int_{a}^{b} f\,dx \)
  • B.\( \displaystyle\int_{a}^{b} f\,dx \)
  • C.\( \dfrac{f(a)+f(b)}{2} \)
  • D.\( \dfrac{1}{b-a}\displaystyle\int_{a}^{b} f^{2}\,dx \)

Answer: A

The mean is the total divided by the length of the interval, so that a constant function returns its own value:

\[ \bar{f} \;=\; \frac{1}{b-a}\int_{a}^{b} f(x)\,dx. \]

Averaging the endpoint values ignores everything between them, and the integral of \( f^{2} \) leads to the root-mean-square instead, which needs a square root as well

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