Consider the right triangle with vertices (0, 0), (0, b), and (a, 0), where a > 0

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Consider the right triangle with vertices (0, 0), (0, b), and (a, 0), where a > 0 and b > 0. Show that the average vertical distance from points on the x-axis to the hypotenuse is b/2, for all a > 0.

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Calculus Early Transcendentals

ISBN: 978-0321947345

2nd edition

Authors: William L. Briggs, Lyle Cochran, Bernard Gillett

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