롤의 정리와 평균값 정리

The function $f(x)$ is continuous over all real numbers, but it is only differentiable when $x \neq 0$. So, if we want to apply the MVT, our interval must consist of only positive numbers or only negative numbers: the interval $(-4,13)$ is not valid.

It is possible to use the mean value theorem to prove what we want: if $a=1$ and $b=144$, then $f(x)$ is differentiable over the interval $(1,144)$ (since 0 is not contained in that interval), and $f(x)$ is continuous everywhere, so by the mean value theorem there exists some point $c$ where $f'(x)=\dfrac{\sqrt{|144|}-\sqrt{|1|}}{144-1}=\dfrac{11}{143}=\dfrac{1}{13}$.

That being said, an easier way to prove that a point exists is to simply find it–without using the MVT. When $x>0$, $f(x)=\sqrt{x}$, so $f'(x)=\dfrac{1}{2\sqrt {x}}$. Then $f'\left(\dfrac{169}{4}\right)=\dfrac{1}{13}$.