Wednesday, April 16, 2014

BQ#2:Unit T: Intro: Trig graphs relate to the Unit Circle?


The trig graph is simply just the unit circle in a continuos line. For example: the Values for sine are +,+,-,- (from quadrant 1-4 in order.) So that means that the graph for sine will have to start at zero and go all the way up to 1 since that is the highest point that sine can go up to. And then all the way down the -1 since it has to go to the negative in order to finish one of the periods. As seen on the photo below























Period- the period for both Sine and Cosine are 2pi since it needs to complete the cycle of negatives and positives. We already went over he pattern for sine, now Cosine is +,-,-,+. (from quadrant 1-4) so we need all four to just complete 1 period.

***NEVER FORGET THESE GRAPHS ARE INFINITE JUST AS THE UNIT CIRCLE!! THESE ARE JUST ONE PERIOD OF THE WHOLE THING.***

Amplitude: The reason that sine and cosine have an Amplitude of one is because they are over r which is equal to one. Sin=y/r or 1/1 since Sin=1 and so does r. Same applies for cosine and x. 









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