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ACT Math 2.4 Trigonometry 257 Views


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ACT Math: Trigonometry Drill 2, Problem 4. Which formula does the graph in the video represent?

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Here's your shmoop du jour...

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The graph represents which formula?

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And here are your options...

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Well, if we noticed the irregularities in the cos graph, we can get some clues about

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the answer. This figure is... really curvy.

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But, because it's so curvy... its period

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is probably smaller than usual.

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Because it is expressed by a coefficient greater than 1 in the parentheses; only answer choices

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A, C, and D have that. As for its amplitude, it seems to reach 3

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and negative 3, so there should be a 3 before the cos itself.

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Of the three answer choices mentioned before, this is represented in choice A, which turns

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out to be our answer. So it's A!

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