## Dhaka Secondary (Higher Secondary) 2011/5

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### Dhaka Secondary (Higher Secondary) 2011/5

Find the range of the function $f(x)=\frac{\lceil 2x\rceil-2 \lfloor x \rfloor}{\lfloor 2x \rfloor-2\lceil x\rceil}$
Here, $\lceil x\rceil$ represents the minimum integer greater than $x$ and $\lfloor x \rfloor$ represents the maximum integer less than $x$.

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### Re: Dhaka Secondary (Higher Secondary) 2011/5

soln for number5(partial)
in these cases ,i come up with only 3 solutions,so are they all?
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### Re: Dhaka Secondary (Higher Secondary) 2011/5

Please write full solution so that someone can tell whether you are right or wrong or where is your fault...

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### Re: Dhaka Secondary (Higher Secondary) 2011/5

Tahmid Hasan wrote:soln for number5(partial)
[\hide]i came up with only 1 range $-1$.let's express $x$=$p+k$ where p is an integer and k is a fraction.now let's make some cases
csae1. $k=0$.(then x=p).but i find that there is no domain for x as an integer.
case2.$k=\frac{1}{2}$.(i had to do this because of multiplying $x$ by 2)
case3.$0<k<\frac{1}{2}$
case4.$\frac{1}{2}<k<1$
in these cases ,i come up with only 1 range $-1$.but i was informed that there are 2 more solutions.[\hide]
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### Re: Dhaka Secondary (Higher Secondary) 2011/5

One thing that you must remember here is that the symbols that looks like floors and ceilings are not the same as the usual floors and ceilings!
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### Re: Dhaka Secondary (Higher Secondary) 2011/5

moon bhai eida ki bola lage?
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### Re: Dhaka Secondary (Higher Secondary) 2011/5

ha ha...eita amre confuse kre disilo at first, that's why I posted the caution!
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### Re: Dhaka Secondary (Higher Secondary) 2011/5

What about all real numbers 'R' ?
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### Re: Dhaka Secondary (Higher Secondary) 2011/5

actually they were meant to be floors and ceilings, but when it came for describing the unpopular symbols, the words were not exact. that's why the -1 came in the range
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BdMO wrote:Find the range of the function $f(x)=\frac{\lceil 2x\rceil-2 \lfloor x \rfloor}{\lfloor 2x \rfloor-2\lceil x\rceil}$
Here, $\lceil x\rceil$ represents the minimum integer greater than $x$ and $\lfloor x \rfloor$ represents the maximum integer less than $x$.
According to the definition if $a$ integer $\lceil a\rceil -\lfloor a\rfloor =2,$otherwise $1$then let $k=\dfrac {\lceil 2x\rceil -2\lfloor x\rfloor} {\lfloor 2x\rfloor -2\lceil x\rceil }$
If $x$ integer $k=1+\frac 6 {\lfloor 2x\rfloor-2\lfloor x\rfloor -4}=-1$
If $x$ not integer,let $x=\lfloor x\rfloor +j$ where $j$ denotes the fractional part of $x,$and then
$k=1+\frac 3 {\lfloor 2x\rfloor -2\lfloor x\rfloor -2}$
Now if $j\le .5,\lfloor 2x\rfloor =\lfloor 2\lfloor x\rfloor \rfloor =2\lfloor x\rfloor ,k=-\frac 1 2$
If $j>.5,\lfloor 2x\rfloor =2\lfloor x\rfloor +1,k=-2$
So $k\in {-1,-2,-\frac 1 2 }$
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