If a function is continuous and has its derivative bounded below, prove it has only one zero. Is this too much work to do that?

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Suppose that the function $h:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ is differentiable and that there is a positive number $c$ such that $h'(t)\geq c$, for all points $t\in\mathbb{R}$. Prove that there is exactly one number $t$ at which $h(t)=0$.

Proof (BWOC)

Suppose that there are exactly $n$ numbers, $\{x_1,x_2,\dots,x_n\}\in\mathbb{R}$, $x_1<x_2<\dots<x_n$, for which $h(x_1) = h(x_2) = \cdots = h(x_n) = 0$.

Because $h$ is continuous, $h$ is either positive or negative for all $t_1\in (x_1,x_2)$, all $t_2\in(x_2,x_3)$, $\cdots$, all $t_{n-1}\in(x_{n-1},x_n)$.

Additionally, because $h'(t)$ is defined for all $t\in\mathbb{R}$, if $h$ is positive in $(-\infty, x_1)$, $h$ must become negative in $(x_1,x_2)$, else the derivative will not be defined at $x_1$. Likewise, $h$ must become negative in $(x_2,x_3)$.

Because $h$ transitioned from positive to negative to positive, $h'$ transitioned from negative to positive respectively. By the Intermediate Value Theorem, $h'(t^*) = 0$ for some $t^*$ in $(x_1,x_2)$. There are $n-1$ such $t^*$'s.

This is a contradiction, because $h'(t)>0\forall t\in\mathbb{R}$.

Therefore $h$ attains exactly one zero, so that the number of points at which $h'(t) = 0$ is exactly $0$.

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The intermediate value theorem for derivatives is a bit much. If $h(x_1) = h(x_2) = 0$, then by Rolle's theorem there exists $t \in (x_1,x_2)$ satisfying $h'(t) = 0$, contrary to hypothesis.

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By the Mean Value Theorem, $h(y)-h(x)\ge c\cdot (y-x)$ for all real $x<y$. Deduce that $h(t)=0$ for at most one $t$. Examine the inequality for large $y$ ($x$ fixed) and then for small $x$ ($y$ fixed) to see that the range of $h$ is all of $\Bbb R$.