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y=- 2cos π/2(x+4)
Graphs of sine and cosine functions are called sinusoids. Consider the general forms of transformed sine and cosine functions. Sine Function:& y= asin b(x- h)+ k Cosine Function:& y= acos b(x- h)+ k In these functions | a| is the amplitude, 2Ď€ b is the period ( b>0), h is the horizontal shift, and k is the vertical shift. One method to write a sine or cosine function that models a sinusoid is to find these values. Let's now consider the given graph.
To write a function for this sinusoid, we will follow four steps.
From the graph, we can see that the maximum value is 2 and the minimum value is - 2.
We can see that the graph crosses the y-axis at y=- 2.
Because the function passes through the y-axis at its minimum point, the graph is a cosine curve with a horizontal shift of 4 units to the left. This means that h= - 4.
The shortest repeating portion of a sinusoid is called a cycle. The horizontal length of each cycle is called its period. Let's find the period of the given graph.
Because of the location of the graph's intersection with the y-axis, we concluded that the sinusoid shown should be modeled by a cosine function. We also found that a= - 2, b= π2, h= - 4, and k= 0. Finally, we can write the function. y= - 2cos π/2(x-( - 4))+ 0 ⇕ y=- 2cos π/2(x+4)