You need to use the following definitions of floor and ceiling functions, such that:
`2x - [2x] => {(2x - 0, x in [0,1]),(2x - 2, x in [1,2]),(2x - 2*2, x in [2,3]),...,(2x - 2*99, x in [99,100]):}`
`int_0^100 (2x - [2x]) dx = int_0^1 2x dx + int_1^2 (2x - 2) dx +.... + int_99^100 (2x - 2*99) dx`
`int_0^100 (2x - [2x]) dx = 2(x^2/2|_0^1 + x^2/2|_1^2 + ... + x^2/2|_98^99 + x^2/2|_99^100) - 2(x|_1^2 + 2x|_2^3 + 3x|_3^4 + ... + 99x|_99^100)`
Using the fundamental theorem of calculus yields:
`int_0^100 (2x - [2x]) dx = 2(1/2 + 4/2 - 1/2 + 9/2 - 4/2 + ... + 99^2/2 - 98^2/2 + 100^2/2 - 99^2/2) - 2(2 - 1 + 2(3 - 2) + 3(4 - 3) + ... + 99(100 - 99))`
`int_0^100 (2x - [2x]) dx = 100^2 - 2(1 + 2 + ..... + 99)`
`int_0^100 (2x - [2x]) dx = 100^2 - 2*(1 + 99)*99/2`
`int_0^100 (2x - [2x]) dx = 100^2 -100*99`
Factoring out 100 yields:
`int_0^100 (2x - [2x]) dx = 100(100 - 99)`
`int_0^100 (2x - [2x]) dx = 100`
Hence, evaluating the given definite integral, using the defintion of floor and ceiling functions, yields `int_0^100 (2x - [2x]) dx = 100.`
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