Lesson 4: GRAPHS OF

TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS
Math 12
Plane and Spherical Trigonometry
 OBJECTIVES

At the end of the lesson the students are expected to:

• Develop the properties of trigonometric functions.
• Find the amplitude, period, phase shift and vertical shift of a
trigonometric function from its equation.
• Graph trigonometric functions.
y

1
y  sin x

y   sin x

-1
 y

y  cos x

y   cos x

-1
The Amplitude and Period of Sinusoidal
Graphs
The Amplitude and Period of Sinusoidal
Graphs
Examples
y

x
y

x
Examples
y

y  sec x

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y

y  csc x

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x

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Examples
 References

• Algebra and Trigonometry by Cynthia Young

• Trigonometry by Jerome Hayden and Bettye Hall