SOLUTION: How is [x] = 0 the equivalent of 0 &#8804; x < 1

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Question 399032: How is [x] = 0 the equivalent of 0 ≤ x < 1
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Presuming means the Greatest Integer Function, then returns the largest integer wholely contained in the number . Hence if , then is any real number between 0 and 1, including 0, but excluding 1. The reason you must exclude 1 is that , not .

Hence,

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