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Let $$f : (0, 1) \to \mathbb{R}$$ be the functions defined as $$f(x) = \sqrt{n}$$ if $$x \in \left[\frac{1}{n+1}, \frac{1}{n}\right)$$ where $$n \in \mathbb{N}$$. Let $$g : (0, 1) \to \mathbb{R}$$ be a function such that $$\int_{x^2}^{x} \sqrt{\frac{1-t}{t}} \, dt < g(x) < 2\sqrt{x}$$ for all $$x \in (0, 1)$$. Then $$\lim_{x \to 0} f(x)g(x)$$
The points $$1,\frac12,\frac13,\ldots$$ split the interval $$(0,1)$$ into the half-open intervals $$\left[\frac1{n+1},\frac1n\right)\;(n\in\mathbb N)$$. For $$x\in\left[\frac1{n+1},\frac1n\right)$$ we are told $$f(x)=\sqrt n.$$
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1. A relation between $$n$$ and $$x$$.
Because $$x\in\left[\frac1{n+1},\frac1n\right)$$ we have
$$\frac1{n+1}\le x<\frac1n\; \Longrightarrow\; n\le\frac1x< n+1.$$
Multiplying by $$x$$ gives
$$n\,x\le1<(n+1)\,x.$$
Hence
$$1-\frac1{n+1}< n\,x\le1\qquad -(1)$$
and therefore
$$\sqrt{1-\frac1{n+1}}<\sqrt{n\,x}\le1.\qquad -(2)$$
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2. Squeezing $$g(x)$$ as $$x\to0^+$$.
Define
$$I(x)=\int_{x^{2}}^{x}\sqrt{\frac{1-t}{t}}\;dt,$$
so that $$I(x)< g(x)<2\sqrt x.$$
For $$0< t\le x<1$$ we have $$1-t\ge1-x,$$ hence
$$\sqrt{\frac{1-t}{t}}\ge\sqrt{1-x}\,\frac1{\sqrt t}.$$
Therefore
$$I(x)\ge\sqrt{1-x}\int_{x^{2}}^{x}\frac{dt}{\sqrt t}
=\sqrt{1-x}\,[2\sqrt t]_{x^{2}}^{x}
=2\sqrt{1-x}\,(\sqrt x-x).$$
Divide this and the upper bound by $$\sqrt x$$:
$$2\sqrt{1-x}\,(1-\sqrt x)\;<\;\frac{g(x)}{\sqrt x}\;<\;2.$$
When $$x\to0^{+}$$, both the left and right bounds tend to $$2$$, so by the squeeze theorem
$$\lim_{x\to0^{+}}\frac{g(x)}{\sqrt x}=2\;\;\Longrightarrow\;\;
g(x)=2\sqrt x\,[1+\varepsilon(x)]$$
with $$\varepsilon(x)\to0$$ as $$x\to0^{+}.$$
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3. Limit of the product $$f(x)g(x)$$.
Using $$f(x)=\sqrt n$$ and the form of $$g(x)$$ just obtained,
$$f(x)g(x)=\sqrt n\,g(x)=2\sqrt n\,\sqrt x\,[1+\varepsilon(x)]
=2\sqrt{n\,x}\,[1+\varepsilon(x)].$$
From inequality $$(2)$$ we have
$$\sqrt{1-\dfrac1{n+1}}\;\le\;\sqrt{n\,x}\;\le\;1.$$
Hence
$$2\sqrt{1-\dfrac1{n+1}}\,[1+\varepsilon(x)]
\;\le\;f(x)g(x)
\;\le\;2[1+\varepsilon(x)].$$
Now let $$x\to0^{+}$$.
Then $$n\to\infty$$ (because $$x\sim1/n$$) so the factor $$\sqrt{1-\dfrac1{n+1}}\to1,$$ and simultaneously $$\varepsilon(x)\to0.$$
Therefore both the lower and upper bounds tend to $$2$$, giving
$$\boxed{\displaystyle\lim_{x\to0^{+}}f(x)g(x)=2}.$$
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Option C is the correct choice.
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