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Trigonometry 3.6: Drawing graphs accurately

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You’ll learn

  • Draw exam-accurate sinusoidal graphs by plotting every quarter-period point
  • Set axes from the largest amplitude and mark x at a quarter of the shortest period
  • Use different colours and a key when several graphs share the same axes
  • Mark a non-zero midline (e.g. y = 3 for y = 3 + sin x) with a broken line

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