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Step Functions. Graph :. Special Step Functions. Two particular kinds of step functions are called ceiling functions ( f ( x )= and floor functions ( f ( x )= ). In a ceiling function, all nonintegers are rounded up to the nearest integer.
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Special Step Functions Two particular kinds of step functions are called ceiling functions ( f (x)= and floor functions ( f (x)= ). In a ceiling function, all nonintegers are rounded up to the nearest integer. An example of a ceiling function is when a phone service company charges by the number of minutes used and always rounds up to the nearest integer of minutes.
Special Step Functions In a floor function, all nonintegers are rounded down to the nearest integer. The way we usually count our age is an example of a floor function since we round our age down to the nearest year and do not add a year to our age until we have passed our birthday. The floor function is the same thing as the greatest integer function which can be written as f (x)=[x].
