Evaluating limit in terms of alpha

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In a calculus book I found:

Evaluate the following limits in terms of the number $\alpha =\lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\sin x}{x}$

i) $$ \lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\sin 2x}{x} $$

I know some techniques how to evaluate limits, but I don’t understand what it means to evaluate a limit in terms of another number alpha.

Can someone give an example of what’s expected here?

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Hint:   write it as $\;\displaystyle\lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\sin 2x}{x} = \color{red}2 \cdot \lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\sin 2x}{\color{red}{2}x} = 2 \,\cdot\, \underbrace{ \lim_{y \to 0} \frac{\sin y}{y}}_{\alpha}\,$.