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Find the equation to the graph - homework problem help please!

Find the equation to the graph - homework problem help please!-example-1
User Vikramsjn
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Looking at the graph

For x=0

y=3

the amplitude of the function is 3

the equation is of the form

y=AcosBx

where

A=3 -----> amplitude

Period ----> The Period goes from one peak to the next

Period=4pi

Period=2pi/B

so

2pi/B=4pi

B=2pi/4pi

B=1/2

therefore


y=3\cos (x)/(2)

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