Precalculus Examples

$y = - 2 \tan (x)$

Step 1

Use the form $a \tan (b x - c) + d$ to find the variables used to find the amplitude, period, phase shift, and vertical shift.

$a = - 2$

$b = 1$

$c = 0$

$d = 0$

Step 2

Since the graph of the function $t a n$ does not have a maximum or minimum value, there can be no value for the amplitude.

Amplitude: None

Step 3

Find the period of $- 2 \tan (x)$ .

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Step 3.1

The period of the function can be calculated using $\frac{π}{| b |}$ .

$\frac{π}{| b |}$

Step 3.2

Replace $b$ with $1$ in the formula for period.

$\frac{π}{| 1 |}$

Step 3.3

The absolute value is the distance between a number and zero. The distance between $0$ and $1$ is $1$ .

$\frac{π}{1}$

Step 3.4

Divide $π$ by $1$ .

$π$

Step 4

Find the phase shift using the formula $\frac{c}{b}$ .

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Step 4.1

The phase shift of the function can be calculated from $\frac{c}{b}$ .

Phase Shift: $\frac{c}{b}$

Step 4.2

Replace the values of $c$ and $b$ in the equation for phase shift.

Phase Shift: $\frac{0}{1}$

Step 4.3

Divide $0$ by $1$ .

Phase Shift: $0$

Step 5

List the properties of the trigonometric function.

Amplitude: None

Period: $π$

Phase Shift: None

Vertical Shift: None

Step 6