Boundedness of Sine X over X

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Theorem

Let $x \in \R$.


Then:

$\size {\dfrac {\sin x} x} \le 1$


Proof

From Derivative of Sine Function, we have:

$D_x \paren {\sin x} = \cos x$

So by the Mean Value Theorem, there exists $\xi \in \R$ between $0$ and $x$ such that:

$\dfrac {\sin x - \sin 0} {x - 0} = \cos \xi$

From Real Cosine Function is Bounded we have that:

$\size {\cos \xi} \le 1$

$\blacksquare$


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