# Graph the Sine Function

#### FritoTaco

1. Homework Statement
Problem: $y=2-sin\dfrac{2\pi x}{3}$

2. Homework Equations
Standard Equation: $y = A sin(B(x - C)) + D$
• A: amplitude is A
• B: period is $\dfrac{2\pi}{|b|}$
• C: phase shift is $\dfrac{C}{B}$
• D: vertical shift is D
Count Formula: $\dfrac{1}{4}\cdot period$ (What you use to choose your x-values)

3. The Attempt at a Solution
First, rearrange the equation: $y=-sin\dfrac{2\pi x}{3}+2$

Amplitude: $1$ (a-value)
Period: $\dfrac{2\pi}{2\pi/3}=\dfrac{2\pi}{1}\cdot\dfrac{3}{2\pi}=\dfrac{6\pi}{2}=3\pi$
Phase Shift: $0$ (no c-value)
Vertical Shift: $2$ (d-value)

Table (I don't know how to make):
See my attachment for the table of values.

How did I pick my x-values to calculate my y-values?
I used count formula: $\dfrac{1}{4}\cdot \dfrac{3\pi}{1}=\dfrac{3\pi}{4}$
So, I start from the phase shift and continue adding $\dfrac{3\pi}{4}$ : $0+\dfrac{3\pi}{4}=\dfrac{3\pi}{4}$
$\dfrac{3\pi}{4}+\dfrac{3\pi}{4}=\dfrac{6\pi}{4}=\dfrac{3\pi}{2}$
$\dfrac{3\pi}{2}+\dfrac{3\pi}{4}=\dfrac{6\pi}{4}+\dfrac{3\pi}{4}=\dfrac{9\pi}{4}$
$\dfrac{9\pi}{4}+\dfrac{3\pi}{4}=\dfrac{12\pi}{4}=3\pi$

I don't want to graph it yet because my table of values doesn't seem correct, in my book the answer is in my second attachment. They don't even use pi for their x-values :(

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#### lurflurf

Homework Helper
Your period is wrong 3 not 3 pi
All the functions in that family do the same thing
High middle low middle high and so on
We just need one value which state it is then the differences to generate a table
You can add more points too if desired
Vertical change 1 amplitude
Horizontal change .75 period/4
Make a table with horizontal coordinates multiples of 0.75
Multiples of 1.5 have value 2
-3 2
-2.25 1
-1.5 2
-0.75 3
0 2
.75 1
1.5 2
2.25 3
3 2

#### FritoTaco

Multiples of 1.5 have value 2
-3 2
-2.25 1
-1.5 2
-0.75 3
0 2
.75 1
1.5 2
2.25 3
3 2
Wait, so why are we multiplying are each time by $\dfrac{3}{4}$? Actually I'm not sure what you are doing. My teacher told me to keep adding it to find new x-values? Where you got 1.5, I got $\dfrac{6}{4}=\dfrac{3}{2}$

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#### LCKurtz

Homework Helper
Gold Member
Where you got 1.5, I got $\dfrac{6}{4}=\dfrac{3}{2}$
$$\frac 3 2 = 1.5$$

#### FritoTaco

But how do the x-values come about? I'm confused.

#### lurflurf

Homework Helper
start at zero and add or subtract 0.75=3/5
0+0.75=0.75
.75+0.75=1.5
1.5+0.75=2.25
2.25+0.75=3
subtract
0-0.75=-0.75
.75-0.75=-1.5
1.5-0.75=-2.25
2.25-0.75=-3

we choose 0.75 because it is p/4=3/4=.075

#### FritoTaco

Oh I see, but how did you get the y-values. Like at 0, you have 2 for y value. In my picture I have, I got 1 for my y-value.

#### lurflurf

Homework Helper
We plot sin(x) for reference using values

$$\left| \begin{array}{c|c} x & \sin(x) \\ \hline -\pi & 0 \\ -\pi/2 & -1\\ 0 & 0 \\ \pi/2 & 1\\ \pi & 0\\ \end{array} \right|$$
We can use more points if we like either to show more periods or more details.

The general case is just shifts and flips and dialation of sin(x)
$$\left| \begin{array}{c|c} x &A \sin(B(x-C))+D \\ \hline C-\pi/B & D \\ C-\pi/(2B) & D-A\\ C & D \\ C+\pi/(2B) & D+A\\ C+\pi/B & D\\ \end{array} \right|$$
$$\left| \begin{array}{c|c} x &2- \sin(2\pi x/3) \\ \hline 0-1.5 & 2 \\ 0-1.5/2 & 2+1\\ 0 & 2 \\ 0+1.5/2 & 2-1\\ 0+1.5 & 2\\ \end{array} \right|$$

#### FritoTaco

$$\left| \begin{array}{c|c} x &2- \sin(2\pi x/3) \\ \hline 0-1.5 & 2 \\ 0-1.5/2 & 2+1\\ 0 & 2 \\ 0+1.5/2 & 2-1\\ 0+1.5 & 2\\ \end{array} \right|$$
Oh, I should be including the +2 from my equation. Thanks!

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