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Graphs of Sine

The document discusses graphs of trigonometric functions including sine, cosine, and tangent. It shows that sine and cosine follow each other, shifting by 90 degrees, while tangent crosses through 0 and positive/negative infinity every 180 degrees. Inverse sine, cosine, and tangent are also plotted and form mirror images with their non-inverse counterparts. Finally, graphs are provided showing all six trigonometric functions on the same axes.

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Graphs of Sine

The document discusses graphs of trigonometric functions including sine, cosine, and tangent. It shows that sine and cosine follow each other, shifting by 90 degrees, while tangent crosses through 0 and positive/negative infinity every 180 degrees. Inverse sine, cosine, and tangent are also plotted and form mirror images with their non-inverse counterparts. Finally, graphs are provided showing all six trigonometric functions on the same axes.

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Graphs of Sine, Cosine and

Tangent
Here are some nice graphs to look at ...

Plot of Sine

The Sine Function has this beautiful up-down curve (which repeats every
2π radians, or 360°).

It starts at 0, heads up to 1 by π/2 radians (90°) and then heads down to -1.

Plot of Cosine
Cosine is just like Sine, but it starts at 1 and heads down until π radians (180°)
and then heads up again.

Plot of Sine and Cosine

In fact Sine and Cosine are like good friends: they follow each other, exactly
"π/2" radians, or 90°, apart.

Plot of the Tangent Function
The Tangent function has a completely different shape ... it goes between
negative and positive  Infinity , crossing through 0 (every π radians, or 180°),
as shown on this plot.

At π/2 radians, or 90° (and -π/2, 3π/2, etc) the function is officially undefined,
because it could be positive Infinity or negative Infinity.

Inverse Sine, Cosine and Tangent


The  Inverse Sine, Cosine and Tangent  graphs are:

Inverse Sine

Inverse Cosine
Inverse Tangent

Mirror Images
Here is Cosine and Inverse Cosine plotted on the same graph:

Cosine and Inverse Cosine


They are mirror images (about the diagonal)!
The same is true for Sine and Inverse Sine and for Tangent and Inverse
Tangent. Can you see this in the graphs above?

Graphs of Trigonometric Functions

Below are the graphs of the six trigonometric functions: sine, cosine, tangent,
cosecant, secant, and cotangent. On the $x$-axis are values of the angle in
radians, and on the $y$-axis is f (x) , the value of the function at each given
angle.
Figure %: Graphs of the six trigonometric functions

Convince yourself that the graphs of the functions are correct. See that the
signs of the functions do indeed correctly correspond with the signs
diagrammed in the in Trigonometric Functions, and that the quadrantal angles
follow the rules described in the .
Also, for example, consider the definition of sine. Given a point on the terminal
side of an angle, the sine of the angle is the ratio of the y-coordinate of that
point to the distance between it and the origin. Now imagine that angle
changing, but the point remaining the same distance from the origin. The point
traces the circumference of a circle. As the angle goes from 0 to   radians,
the y coordinate increases, and so does the sine of the angle. As the angle
goes from  radians to Π radians, the y-coordinate decreases, and so does the
sine of the angle, but each is still positive. Then as the terminal side of the
angle enters the third and fourth quadrant, the y coordinate of the point on the
terminal side is negative, and first decreases, and then increases. All of these
changes are indeed reflected in the graph. Below in the figure the quadrants
of the coordinate plane are represented in the graph.

Figure %: The quadrants are represented in graphs as well as the coordinate plane

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