Can you graph?

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1 Answer
Mar 31, 2018

#3/4y=2/3cos(3/5theta)#

We have to know what the cosine graph looks

#cos(theta)#

Min~-1
Max~1
Period= #2pi#
Amplitude=1

graph{cos(x) [-10, 10, -5, 5]}

Translation form is #f(x)=Acos[B(x-C)]+D#

A~ Horizontal stretch, amplitude streches by A
B~ Vertical stretch, Period stretches by #1/B#
C~Vertical translation, x values move over by C
D~Horizontal translation, y values move up by D

But this can't help us until we have y by itself so multiply both sides by #4/3# to get rid of it from the LHS (left hand side)

#y=4/3*2/3cos(2/3theta)#

#y=8/9cos(2/3theta)#

So the 2/3 is the vertical stretch and it stretches the period by 3/2 so the new period is #3pi#

The #8/9# is the horizontal stretch so the amplitude is #8/9# so the max is #8/9# and the min is #-8/9#

graph{8/9cos(2/3x) [-10, 10, -5, 5]}