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Example Question #1 : Phase Shifts

Identify the phase shift of the following equation.

$y=-3sin(\frac{x}{2}+\frac{\pi}{4})+1$

Possible Answers:

$\frac{\pi}{4}$

$\frac{\pi}{2}$

$\frac{1}{2}$

Correct answer:

$\frac{\pi}{2}$

Explanation:

If we use the standard form of a sine function

y=Asin(Bx-C)+D

the phase shift can be calculated by $\frac{C}{B}$ . Therefore, in our case, our phase shift is

$\frac\frac{}{}{}{}$ $\frac{\frac{\pi}{4}}{\frac{1}{2}}=\frac{\pi}{4}\cdot2=\frac{\pi}{2}$

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Example Question #2 : Phase Shifts

Which of the following is equivalent to $2\sin(2x-3\pi)$

Possible Answers:

$-2\cos(2x-\frac{\pi}{4})$

$2\sin(2x)$

$-2\cos(2(x-\frac{\pi}{4}))$

$2\cos(x)$

$-2\cos(\frac{x}{2}-\frac{\pi}{2})$

Correct answer:

$-2\cos(2(x-\frac{\pi}{4}))$

Explanation:

The first zero can be found by plugging 3π/2 for x, and noting that it is a double period function, the zeros are every π/2, count three back and there is a zero at zero, going down.

A more succinct form for this answer is $-2\sin(2x)$ but that was not one of the options, so a shifted cosine must be the answer.

The first positive peak is at π/4 at -1, so the cosine function will be shifted π/4 to the right and multiplied by -1. The period and amplitude still 2, so the answer becomes $-2\cos(2(x-\frac{\pi}{4}))$ .

To check, plug in π/4 for x and it will come out to -2.

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Example Question #11 : Trigonometric Graphs

Which of the following is the correct definition of a phase shift?

Possible Answers:

The distance a function is shifted vertically from the general position

The distance a function is shifted horizontally from the general position

A measure of the length of a function between vertical asymptotes

The distance a function is shifted diagonally from the general position

Correct answer:

The distance a function is shifted horizontally from the general position

Explanation:

Take the function cos(x) for example. The graph for cos(x) is

If we were to change the function to $cos(x + \pi)$ , our phase shift is $-\pi$ . This means we need to shift our entire graph $\pi$ units to the left.

Our new graph $cos(x + \pi)$ is the following

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Example Question #12 : Trigonometric Graphs

Consider the function $4sec(5(x+\frac{\pi}{3})) +10$ . What is the phase shift of this function?

Possible Answers:

$-\frac{\pi}{3}$

$\frac{\pi}{3}$

Correct answer:

$-\frac{\pi}{3}$

Explanation:

The general form for the secant transformation equation is D + Asec(B(x - C)) . represents the phase shift of the function. When considering $4sec(5(x+\frac{\pi}{3})) +10$ we see that $C = -\frac{\pi}{3}$ . So our phase shift is $-\frac{\pi}{3}$ and we would shift this function $\frac{\pi}{3}$ units to the left of the original secant function’s graph.

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Example Question #13 : Trigonometric Graphs

True or False: If the function sin(x) has a phase shift of $n2\pi$ , then the graph will not be changed.

Possible Answers:

False

True

Correct answer:

True

Explanation:

This is true because the graph sin(x) has a period of $2\pi$ , meaning it repeats itself every $2\pi$ units. So if sin(x) has a phase shift of any multiple of , then it will just overlay the original graph. This is shown below. In orange is the graph of sin(x) and in purple is the graph of $sin(x + 4\pi)$ .

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Example Question #14 : Trigonometric Graphs

Which of the following is the graph of tan(x) with a phase shift of $\frac{\pi}{2}$ ?

Possible Answers:

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Correct answer:

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Explanation:

Start this problem by graphing the function of tangent.

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Now we need to shift this graph $\frac{\pi}{2}$ to the right.

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This gives us our answer

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Example Question #15 : Trigonometric Graphs

True or False: The function $csc(x + \pi)$ has a phase shift of $\pi$ .

Possible Answers:

True

False

Correct answer:

False

Explanation:

The form of the general cosecant function is D + Acsc(B(x - C)) . So if we have $csc(x + \pi)$ then , which represents the phase shift, is equal to $-\pi$ . This gives us a phase shift of $-\pi$ .

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Example Question #61 : Trigonometric Functions And Graphs

Which of the following is the phase shift of the function $5 - cot(6x - \pi)$ ?

Possible Answers:

$-\pi$

$\pi$

$\frac{\pi}{6}$

$-\frac{\pi}{6}$

Correct answer:

$\frac{\pi}{6}$

Explanation:

The general form of the cotangent function is D + cot(B(x - C)) . So first we need to get $cot(6x - \pi)$ into the form .

$cot(6x - \pi)$

$cot(6(x - \frac{\pi}{6}))$

From this we see that $C = \frac{\pi}{6}$ giving us our answer.

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