03/04/24

WALT:
Trig Graphs
Draw, sketch and describe the graph of the sine, cosine and tangent.
Use these graphs to solve trigonometric equations.

WILF:
All of us will be able to: Most of us will answer: Some of us will be able to:

Sketch the three Use the graphs to solve Use the graphs to solve
trigonometric graphs. cos x = -0.5 between 0o cos (x + 30o) = -0.5
and 360o. between 0o and 360o.

Sine Cosine Tangent

Keywords

Amplitude Period Phase shift

Asymptote
1. Here is the function y = sin x
a) Complete the table and plot y = sin x

x -360o -315o -270o -225o -180o -135o -90o -45o

y
0o 45o 90o 135o 180o 225o 270o 315o 360o

x
-360o -270o -180o -90o 90o 180o 270o 360o

-1

b) The greatest value of the sine wave is called the amplitude. Why is the amplitude equal to1?
(Hint: sin x = O/H)
Because the opposite cannot be bigger than the hypotenuse as the
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hypotenuse is the largest side.
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c) Because the shape of the sine curve forms a regular pattern. We say such curves are periodic.
A complete cycle of the sine wave is called a period. This is the width of the repeating pattern
that is measured on the horizontal axis. What is the size of the period?

360o
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d) What will happen as the sine graph as the angle increases?

The cycle will keep repeating
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(i) sin 30o (ii) sin 180o (iii) sin 63o (iv) sin 342o
e) Use the graph of y = sin x to find the sine of these angles.
0.5 0 0.9 -0.3
(v) sin 252o (vi) sin 36o (vii) sin 108o (viii) sin 306o
-0.95 0.6 0.95 -0.8

f) Use thex graph

(i) sin = 0.5 of y = sin
(ii)xsin
to solve
x = 0.7the following equations
(iii) sin x = -0.5 for angles between
(iv) sin x = -0.3-360 o and 360o.
(Hint:-330,
There-210,
can be more-316, -224,
than one Solution) -150, -30, -162, -17,
30, 150 44, 136 150, 330 197, 343
2. Here is the function y = cos x
a) Complete the table and plot y = cos x

x -360o -315o -270o -225o -180o -135o -90o -45o

y
0o 45o 90o 135o 180o 225o 270o 315o 360o

x
-360o -270o -180o -90o 90o 180o 270o 360o

-1

b) Why is the amplitude equal to1? (Hint: cos x = A/H)

Because the adjacent cannot be bigger than the hypotenuse as the
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hypotenuse is the largest side.
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c) What is the size of the period?

360 o
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d) The sine and cosine graphs are almost identical. What is the difference between them?
0 is at 0 on the sine graph and at 1 on the cosine graph
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90ocan
e) We tothethe leftcurve is a sine curve which is shifted to the left. We call this a phase shift.
cosine
How far left has it shifted?

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...(i) cos 60o (ii) cos 36o (iii) cos 99o (iv) cos 342o

f) 0.5
Use the 0.8
graph of y = cos x to -0.2
find the sine of these angles. 0.95

(i) cos x = 0.5 (ii) cos x = 0.7 (iii) cos x = -0.5 (iv) cos x = -0.3
-300,
g) Use the -60,
graph of y = cos x-314, -46,
to solve the following -240, -120,for angles
equations -253, -107,-360 o and 360o.
between
(Hint: 60,
There300can be more than 46, one
314Solution) 120, 240 107, 253
3. Here is the function y = tan x
a) Complete the table and plot y = tan x

x -360o -342o -333o -315o -297o -288o -270o -252o

y
-243o -225o -207o -198o -180o -162o -153o -135o -117o

-90o -45o 0o 45o 90o 135o 180o 225o 270o

315o 360o

x
-360o -270o -180o -90o 90o 180o 270o 360o

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THIS IS A ROUGH SKETCH

b) The tangent function has a completely different shape. At 90 o, 270o, etc, the function is officially
undefined, because it could be positive infinity or negative infinity. On the graph we represent
these as asymptotes (dotted lines). Why does this happen? (Hint: tan x = O/A)
The angle related to tan can not be 90 o because you can’t have two right
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angles in a triangle.
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180o
c) What is the size of the period?
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(i) tan 54o (ii) tan 36o (iii) tan 99o (iv) tan 342o
1.4
d) Use the 0.7
graph of y = tan x to -6.3
find the sine of these angles. -0.3

(i) tan x = 1 (ii) tan x = 2 (iii) tan x = -3 (iv) tan x = -4

e) Use -315,
the graph of y = tan x-297,
-135, to solve the following-252,
-117, equations
-72, for angles-256,
between
-76,-360 and 360 .
o o

(Hint: 45,
There
225can be more than 63, one
243Solution) 108, 288 104, 284
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Sketching:
Trig Graphs
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03/04/24
WALT:
Trig Graphs
Draw, sketch and describe the graph of the sine, cosine and tangent.
Use these graphs to solve trigonometric equations.

WILF:
All of us will be able to: Most of us will answer: Some of us will be able to:

Sketch the three Use the graphs to solve Use the graphs to solve
trigonometric graphs. cos x = -0.5 between 0o cos (x + 30o) = -0.5
and 360o. between 0o and 360o.

Sine Cosine Tangent

Keywords

Amplitude Period Phase shift

Asymptote