In: Advanced Math
For the following exercises, determine the amplitude, period, and midline of the graph, and then find a formula for the function.
Give in terms of a sine function.
Consider the graph provided in the exercise:
For a sinusoidal function, the Amplitude |A| is as follows:
|A| = 1/2|maximum-minimum|
Since the maximum point is -2 and minimum point is -6
Therefore the amplitude is:
|A| = 1/2|2 – (-2)|
= 1/2|2 + 2|
= 1/2|4|
= 2
Period of a function is interval in which the graph of a function repeats itself.
Since the graph of sine function repeats after every 2 units, therefore the period is 2.
Midline is the equation of the point which is equidistant from the maximum and the minimum point.
y = 0
Since the graph is formed by stretching the sine graph by 2 times and shifting the sine graph to right by 1 unit.
Therefore, the formula for the given graph is as follows:
y = 2sin{π(x – 1)}.
Therefore, the formula for the given graph is as follows:
y = 2sin{π(x – 1)}.