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As the limit is in the indeterminate form 0 / 0 we could use L'Hopital's rule for a quick approach, but avoiding it, we first note that, for x = 3 ,
2 x − 4 − 2 3 x − 3 = 2 3 × x − 2 − 1 x − 3 = 2 3 × x − 2 − 1 x − 3 × x − 2 + 1 x − 2 + 1 =
2 3 × x − 3 ( x − 3 ) ( x − 2 + 1 ) = 2 3 × ( x − 3 ) ( x + 3 ) ( x − 3 ) ( x − 2 + 1 ) = 2 3 × x + 3 x − 2 + 1 .
The given limit is then equivalent to 2 3 x → 3 lim x + 3 x − 2 + 1 , which is no longer in the indeterminate form 0 / 0 , so we can just plug in x = 3 to find that the limit is
y = 2 3 × 2 3 2 = 2 1 ≈ 0 . 7 0 7 ⟹ ⌊ y ⌋ = 0 .