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Worksheet 15 KEY - Graphing Trigonometric Functions

y
1. y = 3 sin(x)
3
Period: 2π
Amplitude: 3
Phase Shift: 0
Vertical Shift: 0 π π 3π 2π x
2 2

−3

y
2. y = sin(3x)
2π 1
Period:
3
Amplitude: 1
Phase Shift: 0
Vertical Shift: 0 π π π 2π x
6 3 2 3

−1

y
3. y = −2 cos(x)
Period: 2π 2
Amplitude: 2
Phase Shift: 0
Vertical Shift: 0
π
2
π 3π 2π x
2

−2

 π y
4. y = cos x −
2
Period: 2π 1
Amplitude: 1
π
Phase Shift:
2
Vertical Shift: 0 π π 3π 2π 5π x
2 2 2

−1
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 π y
5. y = − sin x +
3
Period: 2π 1
Amplitude: 1
π
Phase Shift: −
3
Vertical Shift: 0 − π3 π
6
2π 7π 5π x
3 6 3

−1

y
6. y = sin(2x − π)
Period: π
1
Amplitude: 1
π
Phase Shift:
2
Vertical Shift: 0
π 3π π 5π 3π
2 4 4 2 x

−1

1

1 π
 y
7. y = − cos x+ 1
3 2 3 3
Period: 4π
1
Amplitude:
3 x
− 2π 4π 7π 10π
π
2π 3
Phase Shift: − 3 3 3 3
3
Vertical Shift: 0 − 13

y
8. y = cos(3x − 2π) + 4
2π 5
Period:
3
Amplitude: 1 4
2π
Phase Shift:
3 3
Vertical Shift: 4

2π 5π π 7π 4π x
3 6 6 3
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 π y
9. y = sin −x − −2
4
Period: 2π − 9π 7π 5π 3π − π π 3π 5π 7π x
4 − 4 − 4 − 4 4 4 4 4 4
Amplitude: 1
π −1
Phase Shift: − (You need to use
 4π 
y = − sin x + − 2 to find this.)1
−2
4
Vertical Shift: −2 −3

2 π 
10. y = cos − 4x + 1
3 2 y
π
Period: 5
2 3
2
Amplitude:
3 1
π
Phase Shift: (You need to use
8
2  π 1
y = cos 4x − + 1 to find this.)2 3
3 2
Vertical Shift: 1
− 3π − π4 − π8 3π 5π
π π π
8 8 4 8 2 8 x

3  π 1 y
11. y = − cos 2x + −
2 3 2 1
Period: π
3
Amplitude:
2 x
π − π6 π π 7π 5π
Phase Shift: − − 12 12 3 12 6
6
1
Vertical Shift: −
2
−2

y
12. y = 4 sin(−2πx + π) 4
Period: 1
Amplitude: 4
1
Phase Shift: (You need to use
2 3 x
y = −4 sin(2πx − π) to find this.) − 12 − 41 1 1 3 1 5 3
4 2 4 4 2
Vertical Shift: 0

−4

1
Two cycles of the graph are shown to illustrate the phase shift.
2
Again, we graph two cycles to illustrate the phase shift.
3
This will be the last time we graph two cycles to illustrate the phase shift.
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 π y
13. y = tan x −
3
Period: π

− π6 π
12
π
3
7π 5π x
−1 12 6


1
 y
14. y = 2 tan x −3
4
Period: 4π

−2π −π π 2π x
−1

−3

−5

1 y
15. y = tan(−2x − π) + 1
3
is equivalent to
1 4
y = − tan(2x + π) + 1 3
3 1
via the Even / Odd identity for tangent. 2
π 3
Period:
2
− 3π 5π − π
4 − 8
3π
2 − 8 − π4 x
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y
16. y = sec x − π2

Start with y = cos x − π2
Period: 2π

π π 3π 2π 5π x
2 2 2
−1

 π y
17. y = − csc x +
3  π
Start with y = − sin x +
3
Period: 2π
1

− π3 π 2π 7π 5π x
6 3 6 3
−1

1

1 π
 y
18. y = − sec x+
3 2 3  
1 1 π
Start with y = − cos x+
3 2 3
Period: 4π
1
3

10π x
− 2π 4π 7π
π
3 3 3 3 3
− 13
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y
19. y = csc(2x − π)
Start with y = sin(2x − π)
Period: π

π 3π π 5π 3π x
2 4 4 2
−1

y
20. y = sec(3x − 2π) + 4
Start with y = cos(3x − 2π) + 4
2π
Period:
3
5
4
3

2π 5π π 7π 4π x
3 6 6 3

 π y
21. y = csc −x − −2
4 
π
Start with y = sin −x − −2
4
Period: 2π x
− π4 π 3π 5π 7π
4 4 4 4
−1

−2

−3
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 π y
22. y = cot x +
6
Period: π

− π6 π π 7π 5π x
12 3 12 6
−1


1
 y
23. y = −11 cot x
5
Period: 5π

11

5π 5π 15π 5π x
4 2 4
−11

1

3π
 y
24. y = cot 2x + +1
3 2
π
Period:
2 4
3
1
2
3

− 3π 5π − π
4 − 8
3π − π
2 − 8 4 x