Sin is caught in the box

Calculus Level 4

lim x 0 ( sin x x + sin 2 x x + + sin 10 x x ) = ? \large \displaystyle \lim_{x \rightarrow 0} \left( \left\lfloor \dfrac{\sin x}{x} \right\rfloor + \left\lfloor \dfrac{\sin 2x}{x} \right\rfloor + \cdots + \left\lfloor \dfrac{\sin 10x}{x} \right\rfloor \right) = \, ?

Notation : \lfloor \cdot \rfloor denotes the floor function .

45 110 55 None of these choices 90 Limit doesn't exist

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Harsh Khatri
Mar 11, 2016

Let's consider the 2 limits:

R = lim x 0 + s i n x x R = \displaystyle \lim_{x\rightarrow0^{+}} \frac{sinx}{x}

L = lim x 0 s i n x x L = \displaystyle \lim_{x\rightarrow0^{-}} \frac{sinx}{x}

In either case, s i n x x < 1 \frac{sinx}{x} < 1 for x = 0 ± δ x= 0 \pm \delta . The ratio approaches the limiting value 1 as x x approaches 0. However, the ratio is never equal to 1.

lim x 0 s i n k x x = lim x 0 k × s i n k x k x \displaystyle \Rightarrow \left\lfloor \displaystyle \lim_{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{sinkx}{x} \right\rfloor = \left\lfloor \displaystyle \lim_{x \rightarrow 0} k\times \frac{sinkx}{kx} \right\rfloor

No doubt, the limiting value is k k but as such it never becomes equal to k k and stays smaller than k k .
Hence,

lim x 0 k × s i n k x k x = k 1 \left\lfloor \displaystyle \lim_{x \rightarrow 0} k \times \frac{sinkx}{kx} \right\rfloor = k-1

k = 1 10 lim x 0 s i n k x x = k = 1 10 k 1 = 0 + 1 + + 9 = 45 \displaystyle \Rightarrow \displaystyle \sum_{k=1}^{10} \left\lfloor \displaystyle \lim_{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{sinkx}{x} \right\rfloor = \displaystyle \sum_{k=1}^{10} k-1 = 0 + 1 + \ldots + 9 = \boxed{45}

(sin (kx)) <1 always see from graph taking floor function, answer should be zero is'nt it?

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