$ |f(x) - f(y)| \le 7| x-y |^{201} $ I need to find a linear relation between $f(101)$ and $f(200)$

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I've been trying this question and I tried using Langrange's Mean Value Theorem but I don't know the derivative will help in getting the answer. Help? The options are:

a)$ f(101) = f(202) + 8 $

b)$ f(101)= f(200) +2 $

c)$ f(101) = f(201) +1 $

d) None of these

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Write this as follows:$$|f(x+h) - f(x)| \le 7 |h|^{201}$$Or, if you see where this is going,$$\left| \frac{f(x+h) -f (x)}{h}\right| \le 7 |h|^{200}$$In other words,$$-7|h|^{200} \le \frac{f(x+h) -f (x)}{h} \le 7 |h|^{200}$$Take the limit as $h \to 0$. By squeeze theorem, it's zero. It is, therefore, a constant function because $f'(x) = 0$.