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If f(x)f(x) and g(x)g(x) are continuous functions in [a,b][a, b] and they are differentiable in (a,b)(a, b), then prove that there exists c∈(a,b)c \in (a, b) such that ∣f(a)f(b)g(a)g(b)∣=(b−a)∣f(a)f′(c)g(a)g′(c)∣\left| \begin{array}{cc} f(a) & f(b) \\ g(a) & g(b) \end{array} \right| = (b-a) \left| \begin{array}{cc} f(a) & f'(c) \\ g(a) & g'(c) \end{array} \right|

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