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​Trigonometry: Quiz 5 – Answers
Answers & Working
Part 1

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​There are asymptotes at x = -270°, x = -90°, x = 90° and x = 270°

Part 2
1) The 2 in y = 2 + sin(x) adds 2 to every single value of sin(x); the whole sin(x) curve moves up by 2.
The orange line is y = 2 + sin(x) and the green line is y = sin(x).
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2) The negative in front of the cos in y = -cos(x) results in the values for cos(x) being the opposite sign; the whole cos(x) curve is reflected in the x axis. 
The green line is y = -cos(x) and the blue line is y = cos(x). 
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3) The negative in front of the tan in y = -tan(x) results in the values for tan(x) being the opposite sign; the whole tan(x) curve is reflected in the x axis.
The asymptotes are x = 90° and x = 270°
The orange line is y = -tan(x) and the green line is y = tan(x). 
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4) The –3 in y = sin(x) – 3 takes 3 from every single value of sin(x); the whole sin(x) curve moves down by 3.
The blue line is y = sin(x) – 3 and the red line is y = sin(x).
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5) The +90° inside the brackets for y = sin(x + 90°) shifts the curve 90° to the left (remember: adding inside the bracket moves the curve to the left, and taking inside the bracket moves the curve to the right).
The green line is y = sin(x + 90) – 3 and the red line is y = sin(x).
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​6) The –180° inside the brackets for y = cos(x – 180°) shifts the curve 180° to the right.
The green line is y = cos(x – 180) and the blue line is y = cos(x).
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Questions
All of the question in this quiz are asking you to sketch graphs of trigonometry functions. When you are sketching the graphs, make sure that you label:
  • All of the points where the graph crosses the coordinate axis
  • The maximum and minimum values for sin and cos
  • The asymptotes for tan

Part 1
1) Draw the graph of y = sin(x) for values x between -360° and 360°.
 
2) Draw the graph of y = cos(x) for values of x between -360° and 360°.
 
3) Draw the graph of y = tan(x) for values of x between -360° and 360°. 

Part 2
1) Draw the graph of y = 2 + sin(x) for values of x between 0° and 360°.
 
2) Draw the graph of y = -cos(x) for values of x between 0° and 360°.
 
3) Draw the graph of y = -tan(x) for values of x between 0° and 360°.
 
4) Draw the graph of y = sin(x) – 3 for values of x between 0° and 360°.
 
5) Draw the graph of y = sin(x + 90°) for values of x between 0° and 360°.
 
6) Draw the graph of y = cos(x – 180°) for values of x between 0° and 360°. 
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