Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305071751
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-175-9

Chapter 5 - Section 5.3 - Trigonometric Graphs - 5.3 Exercises - Page 431: 90

Answer

$y=a\cdot sin(x-b)$, we have $a=\pm 5, b=0,\pm\pi,\pm 2\pi, \pm 3\pi...$ $y=a\cdot cos(x-b)$, we have $a=\pm 5, b=\pm\frac{\pi}{2},\pm\frac{3\pi}{2},\pm\frac{5\pi}{2},...$

Work Step by Step

$y=a\cdot sin(x-b)$, we have $a=\pm 5, b=0,\pm\pi,\pm 2\pi, \pm 3\pi...$ $y=a\cdot cos(x-b)$, we have $a=\pm 5, b=\pm\frac{\pi}{2},\pm\frac{3\pi}{2},\pm\frac{5\pi}{2},...$ The above should cover all the possible choices as the fundamental repeating cell width of sinusoidal is $\frac{\pi}{2}$, in other words, the shift can not be smaller than $\frac{\pi}{2}$.
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