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f(x) = [[x]] is the "greatest integer" function. The range of f(x) = x - [[x]] is:

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f(x) = [[x]] is the "greatest integer" function. The range of f(x) = x - [[x]] is:

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To determine the range of f(x)=x[[x]] f(x) = x - [[x]] , we need to understand the behavior of the greatest integer function, denoted as [[x]] [[x]] , which returns the largest integer less than or equal to x x .

  1. Definition and Properties:

    • For any real number x x , [[x]] [[x]] is an integer.
    • x[[x]] x - [[x]] represents the fractional part of x x .
  2. Range Analysis:

    • Let x x be any real number.
    • [[x]] [[x]] is the integer part of x x .
    • Therefore, x x can be written as x=n+f x = n + f , where n n is an integer ([[x]] [[x]] ) and f f is the fractional part such that 0f<1 0 \leq f < 1 .
  3. Expression Simplification:

    • f(x)=x[[x]] f(x) = x - [[x]]
    • Substituting x=n+f x = n + f , we get f(x)=(n+f)n=f f(x) = (n + f) - n = f .
  4. Range of f f :

    • Since f f is the fractional part of x x , it ranges from 0 (inclusive) to 1 (exclusive).
    • Therefore, 0f(x)<1 0 \leq f(x) < 1 .
  5. Conclusion:

    • The range of f(x)=x[[x]] f(x) = x - [[x]] is [0,1) [0, 1) .

Thus, the range of f(x)=x[[x]] f(x) = x - [[x]] is [0,1) [0, 1) .

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