Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
The length of one complete cycle of a trigonometric function is called the Period.
Typically we use x=0 as the starting point for the graph. When the length of the period
is not the default, the functions will be written in the format similar to:
f
t sin
kt ,
g
x cos
kx , or h
tan
k . Where the constant k aids us in determining the
period for the function.
The Period (wavelength) of sin(kt) and cos(kt)
If k>0, then the graph of
f
t sin
kt or f
t cos
kt makes k complete cycles
360
k
2
k
f
t tan
kt makes k complete cycles between 0
2
Period=
360
k
Example:
Determine the period of each of the functions:
a)
b)
c)
y sin
3x
t
f
t cos
2
3
k
tan
2
Solutions:
a)
period =
2
3
period =
2
4
1
2
period =
3
3
2
f
t sin
50t has 50
3
0, ,, ,2locations that would have a value of {-1, 0, 1}
2
2
f
t sin
2t when given a blank grid
Solution:
Determine the period:
(Q1)
4
4
Q 2)
2
2
3
3
Q 3)
4
4
Since this is a sine function. The f(t) values will (starting at t=0) follow the pattern {0,
1, 0, -1, 0} at the quarter period t-values.
Plot the following 5 points:
3
0,0
, ,1
, ,0
, , 1
,
,0
4 2 4
Example:
Graph
y cos x when given a blank grid.
10
Solution:
Determine the Period:
2
10
2 20
10
Q1)
205
4
Q 2)
2010
2
Q 3)
2015
4
Since this is a cosine function. The y-values will (starting at x=0) follow the pattern
{1, 0, -1, 0, 1} at the quarter period x-values. Plot the following 5 points:
, 5,0
, 10, 1
, 15,0
, 20,1
0,1
Step 1:
Step 2:
Step 3:
period
.
blank square width
Step 4:
Take Step 4s value and divide by 4, this new result will be the numbers of
squares each quarter of the function will take for the pattern (, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, ). Mark these quarter place markers on your grid starting at 0.
Step 5:
Step 6:
You should label your grid at the period, period, period values for
your function.
Example:
Graph
y sin
3x when domain is 0 x 2
Solution:
Our blank space width:
domain 2
12
12 6
2
3
2
period
2 6
3 4
1 black square width
3
6
The number of spaces per quarter is
4
1 .
4
Therefore every 4 grid spaces the function will complete a full cycle, with 1 space
providing the quarter function point at the { 0, 1, 0, -1, 0, } pattern.
This gives points at:
2 1 2 2 2 3
2 4
0,0
, ,1
,
,0
, , 1
,
,0
3 4 3 4 3 4
3 4
Example
x
y cos when domain is x 2 and the grid is provided as below.
3
Solution:
Since we have 60 spaces on the horizontal axis, and we would prefer 12, we will use 5
spaces per major tick.
Our blank space width :
domain 3
12
12 4
2
6
1
3
period
6
4
6 24
space width
4
Therefore every 24 grid spaces (with the grid only providing 12 spaces) the function
will complete a cycle with
24
6 spaces providing the quarter function point interval
4
3
,0 ,0 .
4 2
Example
Graph
15
3
3
f
sin
for on the following grid.
2
2
6
Solution:
The grid spacing does not look nice. We have 18 major horizontal tick marks and
5 space-per-tick mark (giving a total of 90 horizontal spaces). Lets first find the
period of our graph.
Period =
2
6 12 4
2
15
15 15
5
6
Now since we have 18 horizontal ticks over a domain of 3, the width of each
horizontal tick is
3
.
18 6
4
does not work well with
5
locations, or remember that the question is set up to work on the given grid
(most times). What about those 5 space-per-tick mark for a total of 90 spaces,
can we use them?
The width of each space is
90 30
4
?
5
4
period
4 30
Number of spaces per cycle =
5 24
space width
5
30
Hey, this is a nice number to work with.
Each quarter cycle has a length of
24
6 spaces.
4
Since this is a Sine Function, it starts at (0,0) and each 6 spaces will follow the
usual Sine pattern. We can use the horizontal tick width of
the graph for reference to improve readability.
to place labels on
6