numberphile sum of natural numbers Fix a Wobbly Table (with Math)

Fix your wobbly table with just a small tweak - but why does this work?
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Professor Kreck points out that he was describing the intermediate value theorem, not mean value theorem.

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numberphile sum of natural numbers Fix a Wobbly Table (with Math)
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