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Problem. Given a continuous function f : [0, 1] 7→ R such that 0


f (t) dt = 0 prove
that there is c ∈ (0, 1) such that
ˆ c
tf (t)dt = 0.
0

´x
Solution. Denote F (x) := 0
f with F (1) = 0. We can integrate by parts to get
ˆ x ˆ x
tf (t) dt = xF (x) − f (t) dt
0 0

which is equivalent to
ˆ ( ´x
x 1
1 0 x 0
F (t) dt 0 < x ≤ 1
tf (t) dt = U (x) where U (x) :=
x2 0 0 x=0

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