Trigonometry Examples

Find Amplitude, Period, and Phase Shift y=10cos(-theta/2+(2pi)/3)+5
Step 1
Use the form to find the variables used to find the amplitude, period, phase shift, and vertical shift.
Step 2
Find the amplitude .
Amplitude:
Step 3
Find the period using the formula .
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Step 3.1
Find the period of .
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Step 3.1.1
The period of the function can be calculated using .
Step 3.1.2
Replace with in the formula for period.
Step 3.1.3
is approximately which is negative so negate and remove the absolute value
Step 3.1.4
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 3.1.5
Multiply by .
Step 3.2
Find the period of .
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Step 3.2.1
The period of the function can be calculated using .
Step 3.2.2
Replace with in the formula for period.
Step 3.2.3
is approximately which is negative so negate and remove the absolute value
Step 3.2.4
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 3.2.5
Multiply by .
Step 3.3
The period of addition/subtraction of trig functions is the maximum of the individual periods.
Step 4
Find the phase shift using the formula .
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Step 4.1
The phase shift of the function can be calculated from .
Phase Shift:
Step 4.2
Replace the values of and in the equation for phase shift.
Phase Shift:
Step 4.3
Dividing two negative values results in a positive value.
Phase Shift:
Step 4.4
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Phase Shift:
Step 4.5
Multiply .
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Step 4.5.1
Combine and .
Phase Shift:
Step 4.5.2
Multiply by .
Phase Shift:
Phase Shift:
Phase Shift:
Step 5
List the properties of the trigonometric function.
Amplitude:
Period:
Phase Shift: ( to the right)
Vertical Shift:
Step 6