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	Vertical and Phase Shifts

Activity Overview

Students explore vertical and phase shifts of sine and cosine functions, after a brief review of period and amplitude. Students will manipulate sliders to change the values of parameters in trigonometric functions; they will determine the effect that each change has upon the shape of the graph. They will then use this knowledge to write a sine function as a cosine function.

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Download the attached PDF and look over the information on the first page. Download and distribute the attached .tns file for use during the activity.

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