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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?

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Here are your options.

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Alright. No way to logic this one out.

00:17

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

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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

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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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