Trigonometry Examples

$y = 0.08 \cos (4 π x - \frac{π}{5})$

Step 1

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

$a = 0.08$

$b = 4 π$

$c = \frac{π}{5}$

$d = 0$

Step 2

Find the amplitude $| a |$ .

Amplitude: $0.08$

Step 3

Find the period of $0.08 \cos (4 π x - \frac{π}{5})$ .

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Step 3.1

The period of the function can be calculated using $\frac{2 π}{| b |}$ .

$\frac{2 π}{| b |}$

Step 3.2

Replace $b$ with $4 π$ in the formula for period.

$\frac{2 π}{| 4 π |}$

Step 3.3

$4 π$ is approximately $12.56637061$ which is positive so remove the absolute value

$\frac{2 π}{4 π}$

Step 3.4

Cancel the common factor of $2$ and $4$ .

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Step 3.4.1

Factor $2$ out of $2 π$ .

$\frac{2 (π)}{4 π}$

Step 3.4.2

Cancel the common factors.

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Step 3.4.2.1

Factor $2$ out of $4 π$ .

$\frac{2 (π)}{2 (2 π)}$

Step 3.4.2.2

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{2 π}{2 (2 π)}$

Step 3.4.2.3

Rewrite the expression.

$\frac{π}{2 π}$

Step 3.5

Cancel the common factor of $π$ .

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Step 3.5.1

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{π}{2 π}$

Step 3.5.2

Rewrite the expression.

$\frac{1}{2}$

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: $\frac{\frac{π}{5}}{4 π}$

Step 4.3

Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.

Phase Shift: $\frac{π}{5} \cdot \frac{1}{4 π}$

Step 4.4

Cancel the common factor of $π$ .

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Step 4.4.1

Factor $π$ out of $4 π$ .

Phase Shift: $\frac{π}{5} \cdot \frac{1}{π \cdot 4}$

Step 4.4.2

Cancel the common factor.

Phase Shift: $\frac{π}{5} \cdot \frac{1}{π \cdot 4}$

Step 4.4.3

Rewrite the expression.

Phase Shift: $\frac{1}{5} \cdot \frac{1}{4}$

Step 4.5

Multiply $\frac{1}{5}$ by $\frac{1}{4}$ .

Phase Shift: $\frac{1}{5 \cdot 4}$

Step 4.6

Multiply $5$ by $4$ .

Phase Shift: $\frac{1}{20}$

Step 5

List the properties of the trigonometric function.

Amplitude: $0.08$

Period: $\frac{1}{2}$

Phase Shift: $\frac{1}{20}$ ( $\frac{1}{20}$ to the right)

Vertical Shift: None

Step 6