Find the limit with floor sequence or prove that it doesn't exist

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I need to find the limits of these 2 sequences or prove that they don't exist. $$\lim_{x\to\infty}\left(x-5\left\lfloor\frac x5\right\rfloor\right)$$ $$\lim_{x\to\infty}\frac{x-5\left\lfloor \frac x5\right\rfloor}x$$ But I don't know how to get rid of the floor here. I know I should use somehow this inequality. $\frac{x}{5} -1 \leq \left \lfloor \frac{x}{5} \right \rfloor \leq \frac{x}{5}$ But I'm not sure how to do it right. And how to define in any sequence if the limit exist or not? Thank you!

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Here is an answer of the first part. We use the fractional part $\{x\}$ of a real number $x$. $$\{x\}=x-\lfloor x\rfloor\qquad\qquad 0\leq \{x\}<1$$

We obtain \begin{align*} \lim_{x\to\infty}\left(x-5\left\lfloor\frac x5\right\rfloor\right) &=\lim_{x\to\infty}\left(x-5\left(\frac{x}{5}-\left\{\frac{x}{5}\right\}\right)\right)\\ &=\lim_{x\to\infty}\left(5\cdot\left\{\frac{x}{5}\right\}\right)\\ &=5\cdot\lim_{x\to\infty}\left\{\frac{x}{5}\right\}\quad\not\exists\tag{1}\\ \end{align*}

From the representation (1) we see, the values oscillate in $[0,5)$ when $x$ increases, so that the limit does not exist. In other words: Since the limits of the subsequences \begin{align*} 5\cdot\lim_{{x\to\infty}\atop{x\in 5\mathbb{Z}}}\left\{\frac{x}{5}\right\}=0 \qquad\qquad\text{and}\qquad\qquad 5\cdot\lim_{{x\to\infty}\atop{x\in \frac{5}{2}\mathbb{Z}}}\left\{\frac{x}{5}\right\}=\frac{5}{2}\\ \end{align*} are different, the limit (1) does not exist.