Problem

Source: Nordic Mathematical Contest 2000 #4

Tags: inequalities, Functional inequality, calculus



The real-valued function $f$ is defined for $0 \le x \le 1, f(0) = 0, f(1) = 1$, and $\frac{1}{2} \le \frac{ f(z) - f(y)}{f(y) - f(x)} \le 2$ for all $0 \le x < y < z \le 1$ with $z - y = y -x$. Prove that $\frac{1}{7} \le f (\frac{1}{3} ) \le \frac{4}{7}$.