Trigonometry Examples

Graph y=3sin(x+pi/2)+2
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
The absolute value is the distance between a number and zero. The distance between and is .
Step 3.1.4
Divide 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
The absolute value is the distance between a number and zero. The distance between and is .
Step 3.2.4
Divide 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
Divide by .
Phase Shift:
Phase Shift:
Step 5
List the properties of the trigonometric function.
Amplitude:
Period:
Phase Shift: ( to the left)
Vertical Shift:
Step 6
Select a few points to graph.
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Step 6.1
Find the point at .
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Step 6.1.1
Replace the variable with in the expression.
Step 6.1.2
Simplify the result.
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Step 6.1.2.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 6.1.2.1.1
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 6.1.2.1.2
Add and .
Step 6.1.2.1.3
Divide by .
Step 6.1.2.1.4
The exact value of is .
Step 6.1.2.1.5
Multiply by .
Step 6.1.2.2
Add and .
Step 6.1.2.3
The final answer is .
Step 6.2
Find the point at .
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Step 6.2.1
Replace the variable with in the expression.
Step 6.2.2
Simplify the result.
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Step 6.2.2.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 6.2.2.1.1
Add and .
Step 6.2.2.1.2
The exact value of is .
Step 6.2.2.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.2.2
Add and .
Step 6.2.2.3
The final answer is .
Step 6.3
Find the point at .
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Step 6.3.1
Replace the variable with in the expression.
Step 6.3.2
Simplify the result.
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Step 6.3.2.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 6.3.2.1.1
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 6.3.2.1.2
Add and .
Step 6.3.2.1.3
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 6.3.2.1.3.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 6.3.2.1.3.2
Divide by .
Step 6.3.2.1.4
Apply the reference angle by finding the angle with equivalent trig values in the first quadrant.
Step 6.3.2.1.5
The exact value of is .
Step 6.3.2.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 6.3.2.2
Add and .
Step 6.3.2.3
The final answer is .
Step 6.4
Find the point at .
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Step 6.4.1
Replace the variable with in the expression.
Step 6.4.2
Simplify the result.
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Step 6.4.2.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 6.4.2.1.1
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 6.4.2.1.2
Combine and .
Step 6.4.2.1.3
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 6.4.2.1.4
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 6.4.2.1.4.1
Move to the left of .
Step 6.4.2.1.4.2
Add and .
Step 6.4.2.1.5
Apply the reference angle by finding the angle with equivalent trig values in the first quadrant. Make the expression negative because sine is negative in the fourth quadrant.
Step 6.4.2.1.6
The exact value of is .
Step 6.4.2.1.7
Multiply .
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Step 6.4.2.1.7.1
Multiply by .
Step 6.4.2.1.7.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.4.2.2
Add and .
Step 6.4.2.3
The final answer is .
Step 6.5
Find the point at .
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Step 6.5.1
Replace the variable with in the expression.
Step 6.5.2
Simplify the result.
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Step 6.5.2.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 6.5.2.1.1
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 6.5.2.1.2
Add and .
Step 6.5.2.1.3
Cancel the common factor of and .
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Step 6.5.2.1.3.1
Factor out of .
Step 6.5.2.1.3.2
Cancel the common factors.
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Step 6.5.2.1.3.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 6.5.2.1.3.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 6.5.2.1.3.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 6.5.2.1.3.2.4
Divide by .
Step 6.5.2.1.4
Subtract full rotations of until the angle is greater than or equal to and less than .
Step 6.5.2.1.5
The exact value of is .
Step 6.5.2.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 6.5.2.2
Add and .
Step 6.5.2.3
The final answer is .
Step 6.6
List the points in a table.
Step 7
The trig function can be graphed using the amplitude, period, phase shift, vertical shift, and the points.
Amplitude:
Period:
Phase Shift: ( to the left)
Vertical Shift:
Step 8