Determine whether function is bounded

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I'm trying to determine, whether the function:

$\frac{2\sin x-5\cos x}{2x^{2}+3}$ is bounded.

These are the steps I followed: $\left |\frac{2\sin x}{2x^{2}+3} \right | + \left | \frac{5\cos x}{2x^{2}+3} \right | \leq \left | \frac{2}{2x^{2}+3} \right|*1+\left | \frac{5}{2x^{2}+3} \right |*1$

And I put $0$ for $x$ to get the upper bound. Then I got $\leq \frac{2}{3}+\frac{5}{3}$. However, that upper bound is incorrect.

Can you tell me where I did a mistake? Also how would I find the lower bound?

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Well, the mistake is when you put it to zero as it isn't the maximum of the equation.

Rewrite the equation using $a\sin(x)+b\cos(x) = \sqrt{a^2+b^2}\sin(2x)$ and you can derive and find the maximum of the function (think it is how it should be done).