If x is between two consecutive integers such that n ≤ x < n + 1, then the greatest integer function [x] maps x to the largest integer smaller than x so that [x] = n.
(i) If x is approaching -2 from above, that means x > -2. As x gets closer to -2, we essentially have -2 < x < -1, so that [x] will approach
[tex]\displaystyle \lim_{x\to-2^+} [x] = \boxed{-2}[/tex]
(ii) However, if x is approaching -2 from below, then x < -2, so that [x] = -3. In other words
[tex]\displaystyle \lim_{x\to-2^-} [x] = -3 \neq -2[/tex]
Because the one-sided limits do not match, the two-sided limit
[tex]\displaystyle \lim_{x\to-2} [x] ~~\boxed{\text{does not exist}}[/tex]
(iii) -2.4 lies between -3 and -2, so
[tex]\displaystyle \lim_{x\to-2.4} [x] = \boxed{-3}[/tex]
