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EPISODE · Aug 13, 2025 · 34 MIN

Means of Transportation: The Mean Value Theorem and Average Speed Zones

from The Math Club · host Pete and Noah

A family visit to the Netherlands introduces Pete to the idea of average speed zones, which illustrate a particularly interesting mathematical theorem.  Join our hosts as they really go off on a tangent about the mean value theorem, and how it just might get you a speeding ticket. Leave us a voice message Find us on Twitter Send us an email Questions Answered in the Episode: • What is an average speed zone and how does it work to catch speeding drivers? • What is the Mean Value Theorem and how does it relate average rates of change to instantaneous rates of change?

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