Friday, October 2, 2009

Graphing trig functions

So last class(three days ago) we were "tieing ends" on how to graph trig functions. Some definitions you might call them, are period- which is the smallest horizontal space within which repeats itself exactly once. A period of sin (sin curve, cosine curve) equals 2 pi/ b. Your domain is you x value, and your range is where it crosses the x axis. An exapmple question is f(x)=asin(b(x-c))+d. "a" tells us that it stands for the amplitude(which is the distance). "a" value tells you the amplitude.The period is how many times it makes a complete cycle in one cirlce. So the sine or cosine function- 2pi/b or 2pi/period=b. Tangent function = pi/b which also = period.(talking about how much horizontal space it takes up).
When written y=asin(b(x-c)+d c is A PHASE or HORIZONTAL SHIFT.

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