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Chapter 4 - Graphs of the Circular Functions - Section 4.4 Graphs of the Secant and Cosecant Functions - 4.4 Exercises - Page 179: 8

Answer

$C$

Work Step by Step

The secant function is undefined when $x=-\frac{\pi}{2}, \frac{\pi}{2}, \frac{3\pi}{2}, ...$ Thus, its graph has the vertical asymptotes $x=-\frac{\pi}{2}, \frac{\pi}{2}, \frac{3\pi}{2},...$. This means that the possible graphs of $y=-\sec{x}$ are the ones in Options $A$ and $C$. Note that when $x=0$ , the value of $y=-\sec{x}$ is $-1$. Only the graph in Option $C$ satisfies this. Thus, the graph of $y=-\sec{x}$ must be the one in Option $C$.
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