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The equation y=2-3sin(pi/4)(x-1) has a fundamental period of....?

2007-01-16 05:06:07 · 2 answers · asked by Runner09 1 in Science & Mathematics Mathematics

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Did you mean:
y=2-3sin((pi/4)(x-1)) ?

Recall that the period of sin(x) is 2*pi

Since we are making x smaller by a factor of pi/4, the period therefore must get bigger by a factor of 1/(pi/4) = 4/pi

So our new period is 2*pi*(4/pi) = 8

2007-01-17 15:23:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

This isn't periodic! At least not the way you wrote it.
Note that sin(pi/4) = sqrt(2)/2
So your equation is
y = -3sqrt(2)/2(x-1) + 2,
which is the equation of a line, not a sinusoid.

2007-01-16 13:16:53 · answer #2 · answered by steiner1745 7 · 1 0

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