π
Instead of finding points, you could sketch y = tan x and then shift it units to the left.
4
π
y = tan x +
4 y = tan x
y
5
4
3
2
1
π π 3π π 5π 3π 7π x
–1 2π
4 2 4 4 2 4
–2
–3
–4
–5
Exercise 4.01 Transformations of trigonometric functions
1 Describe whether each transformation of a trigonometric function changes its
amplitude, period, centre or phase.
a horizontal translation b vertical dilation
c horizontal dilation d vertical translation
2 Sketch the graph of each function in the domain [0, 2π].
a y = 5 sin x b f(x) = 2 tan x c y = −cos x
d f(x) = −2 sin x e y = −tan x
3 Sketch the graph of each function in the domain [0, 2π].
a y = sin x + 1 b y = tan x − 2 c f(x) = cos x − 3
4 Sketch the graph of each function in the domain [0, 2π].
x
a y = cos 4x b y = sin
2
x
c f(x) = tan 2x d y = tan
4
5 Sketch the graph of each function in the domain [0, 2π].
π π
a y = cos (x + π) b y = tan x − c y = sin x −
2 4
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6 Find the equation of the transformation of y = sin x if the transformed function has:
a amplitude 9 b a reflection in the x-axis c centre −4
d period π e a phase shift of π units to the right
7 Find the equation of the transformation of y = cos x if the transformed function has:
π
a amplitude 4 b a phase of units
3
π
c centre 8 d period
2
e a vertical dilation with scale factor 7
8 Find the equation of the transformation of y = tan x if the transformed function has:
π
a period 2π b a shift of units to the right
6
c a reflection in the y-axis
9 Sketch each graph in the domain [−π, π].
a y = 3 sin x b y = tan (−x) c f(x) = cos 2x
d y = sin (x − π) e f(x) = −cos x
10 a EXT1 Find the equation of the transformed function and sketch the graph if the
inverse trigonometric function y = sin−1 x is:
i vertically dilated with scale factor 3
1
ii horizontally dilated with scale factor
2
π
iii vertically translated up units
2
iv horizontally translated 1 unit to the right
b EXT1 Find the equation of the transformed function and sketch the graph if
y = cos−1 x is:
1
i vertically dilated with scale factor
2
ii horizontally dilated with scale factor 3
iii vertically translated down π units
iv horizontally translated 2 units to the left
c EXT1 Find the equation of the transformed function and sketch the graph if
y = tan−1 x is:
i vertically dilated with scale factor 2
ii horizontally dilated with scale factor 5
π
iii vertically translated up units
4
iv horizontally translated 4 units to the right
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