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ACT Math 2.1 Trigonometry 245 Views
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ACT Math: Trigonometry Drill 2, Problem 1. What function is graphed in the video?
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And here's your shmoop de jour brought to you by wavy lines.
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What function is graphed below?
- 00:11
Here are your options.
- 00:15
Alright. No way to logic this one out.
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Either we know it or we don't. So if we don't know...
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...the correct answer is E. This graph shows
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y equals 10 tangent x which consists of a number
- 00:27
vertical asymptote. It has a period of pi
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which means it repeats itself every pi. An easy way to remember this graph
- 00:35
is that the word tangent sounds like tangerine
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and this graph looks nothing like a tangerine
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Never mind...we'll just have to remember. It's E. Tangent.
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