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I need some help solving this practice problem from my trigonometry prep guide* I got six as the answer, let me know if I was originally correct..

I need some help solving this practice problem from my trigonometry prep guide* I-example-1
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Amplitude is the one half of the difference between the maximum and minimum values of y.

From the graph, the maximum value is 6 and minimum value is -6.

Find the amplitude.


\begin{gathered} \text{Amplitude}=(1)/(2)(6-(-6)) \\ =(1)/(2)\cdot12 \\ =6 \end{gathered}

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