How do you graph two cycles of $y = - 2 tan (4 θ)$ $y=-2tan(4theta)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-07-11T13:56:54

$-$ $-$ sign signifies an inverse graph of tangent graph

2 signifies the graph amplitude or the $y$ $y$ values are of two times larger than a normal tangent graph

$4 θ$ $4theta$ signifies 4 repeats of the normal tangent graph in a $2 π$ $2pi$ or 360degrees cycle

In your case, you need to plot 2 cycle of y.
Since 4 cycle in 2 $π$ $pi$
1 complete cycle in $2 \frac{π}{4} = \frac{π}{2}$ $2pi/4=pi/2$

divide $\frac{π}{2}$ $pi/2$ into four parts for each of the four parts of graph which starts at 0.

graph{y=-2tan (4x) [-10, 10, -5, 5]}

How do you graph two cycles of y=−2tan(4θ)y=-2tan(4theta)?