Suppose f satisfies the hypotheses of the mean value theorem on [a, b].
let s be the set of all slopes of chords determined by pairs of points on the graph of f and let d = {f'(x) : x ∈ (a, b)}
a) prove that s ⊂ d.
b) give an example to show that d can contain numbers not in s.

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