What does it mean for a continuous function to have an absolute maximum and an absolute minimum on a closed bounded interval?
It means that there exists a point on the interval where the function reaches its highest value absolute maximum and a point where it reaches its lowest value absolute minimum.
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What does it mean for a continuous function to have an absolute maximum and an absolute minimum on a closed bounded interval?

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It means that there exists a point on the interval where the function reaches its highest value absolute maximum and a point where it reaches its lowest value absolute minimum.<|im_end|>