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14-1
Graphing Trigonometric
Functions
GET READY for the Lesson
Main Ideas
• Graph trigonometric
functions.
High Tide
Period
Tidal
Range
• Find the amplitude
and period of
variation of the sine,
cosine, and tangent
functions.
The rise and fall of tides can have
great impact on the communities
and ecosystems that depend
upon them. One type of tide is a
semidiurnal tide. This means that
bodies of water, like the Atlantic
Ocean, have two high tides and
two low tides a day. Because
tides are periodic, they behav
the same way each day.
Still Water
Level
Low Tide
New Vocabulary
amplitude
Graph Trigonometric Functions The diagram below illustrates the water
level as a function of time for a body of water with semidiurnal tides.
High Tide
Water
Level
124 Time
Low Tide
Review
Vocabulary
In each cycle of high and low tides, the pattern repeats itself. Recall that
a function whose graph repeats a basic pattern is said to be periodic.
Period The least
possible value of a for
which f(x) = f(x + a).
To find the period, start from any point on the graph and proceed to the
right until the pattern begins to repeat. The simplest approach is to begin
at the origin. Notice that after about 12 hours the graph begins to repeat.
Thus, the period of the function is about 12 hours.
To graph the functions y = sin 0, y = cos 0, or y = tan 8, use values of
expressed either in degrees or radians. Ordered pairs for points on these
graphs are of the form (6, sin A), (0, cos A), and (A, tan 6), respectively.
6
0°
30°
45°
60°
90°
120°
135°
150°
180°
210°
225°
240°
270°
300°
315°
330°
360°
sin
V2
0
V3
V2
2
V5
2
1
V2
V5
2
0
-1
V3
2
– –
va
2
0
nearest
tenth
0
0.5
0.7
0.9
1
0.9
0.7
0.5
-0.5
-0.7
-0.9
-1
-0.9
-0.7
-0.5
0
cos e
1
V3
V2
-1
0
4 / 2
V3
-1
V2
0
국
1
2
2
—-
nearest
tenth
1
0.9
0.7
0.5
0
0.5
-0.7
-0.9
-1
-0.9
-0.7
-0.5
0
0.5
0.7
0.9
tan e
0
V3
1
V3
nd
-V3
-1
V3
0
V3
3
1
V3
nd
-V3
-1
V3
3
0
nearest
tenth
0
0.6
1
1.7
nd
-1.7
-1
-0.6
0
0.6
1
1.7
nd
-1.7
-1
-0.6
0
6
0
I
STT
27 푸
wa
51
6
70
7 TT
6
5
1111
6
6
27
3
nd = not defined
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