Practicing Success
The value of the integral $\int_0^{10}\frac{\left|\frac{2[x]}{3x- [x]}\right|}{\left(\frac{2[x]}{3x- [x]}\right)}dx$, where [*] denotes the greatest integer function, is |
0 -10 10 none of these |
none of these |
Let $f(x) =\frac{2[x]}{3x- [x]}$ It is clear that f(x) is not defined if x = 0 and if 3x = [x] So, in (–10, 0), f is not defined at $x =-\frac{1}{3}$ Case I : $x ∈(-10,-\frac{1}{3})$ $[x] < 0$ and $3x – [x] < 0$ so $\frac{[x]}{3x- [x]}>0$ $∴\left|\frac{2[x]}{3x- [x]}\right|=\frac{2[x]}{3x- [x]}$ $⇒\int_{-10}^{-1/3}1\,dx=-\frac{1}{3}+10=\frac{29}{3}$ Case II : $x ∈(-\frac{1}{3},0)$ $[x] < 0$ and $3x – [x] > 0$ so $\frac{[x]}{3x- [x]}<0$ $∴\left|\frac{2[x]}{3x- [x]}\right|=-\left(\frac{2[x]}{3x- [x]}\right)$ $⇒\int_{-\frac{1}{3}}^0(-1)dx=-(0+\frac{1}{3})=-\frac{1}{3}$ Hence, $\int_{-10}^0\frac{|f(x)|}{f(x)}dx=\int_{-10}^{-1/3}\frac{|f(x)|}{f(x)}dx+\int_{-1/3}^0\frac{|f(x)|}{f(x)}dx$ $=\frac{29}{3}-\frac{1}{3}=\frac{28}{3}$ |