Write the following expression using symbolic language. 1) Five less than the product of seven and a number x
2) The difference of nine times a number y and eighteen
3) Half a number n increased by four times the number
4) Twice the sum of a number w cubed and twenty-three

1) 7+x-5

2)9y-18

3)(n/2)(4n)

2(w^3+23)

1 number

if we use a graphing calculator, there is only one such number that satisfies the conclusion of the mean value theorem, that is, a number such that

where the right-hand side is the average rate of change of f on the interval [0.5,0.75], which is the slope of the secant line.

in the attached graph, the black line is the secant line which has its slope as the average rate of change of f on [0.5,0.75], while the orange line is the only tangent line to the graph of f in the interval that satisfies the mvt conclusion.