Hey there, here's an equation which I have difficulty drawing out the graph.
|4 cos x/2 - 1 | for 0 < or equal x < or equal to pi
amplitude's 4 and period is 4 pi.
I drew out the graph but it looks weird. Would like someone to help me with this. Thank you. (:
And yea, I wanna check the shape of the graph for y =|2 tan 3x|

Thanks ^tamago^
There is this question which I have problem solving. I got the wrong answers although I think my graph has got no problem. Can someone please take a look?
Sketch, on the same diagram, the graphs of y = sin x and y = 2 cos x, for the values of x from 0 and 2 pi. Hence,state
(a)the number of roots of the equation sin x = 2 cos x in the range 0 to 2 pi
(b) the range of values of x, between 0 and 2 pi, for which sin x and 2 cos x are both decreasing as x increases
For (a) the actual answer is 2... but i got 4 instead.
As for (b), my range is pi<x<3pi/2. the answer sheet writes pi/2 <x <pi
If possible, can someone help check whether I have done wrongly or are the answers correct?
Another question goes like this.
Sketch, on the same diagram, the graphs of y =3 cos x -2 and y =4 |sin x| for the doman 0 deg< or equal to x< or equal to 360 deg. Hence deduce the value of k for which the equation 3 cos x -2 = |4 sin x| + k has 3 solutions in this domain.
Is it really possible to solve this graph? I realise all the degree units are too close to one another such that one cannot even really read the values correctly.
Thanks.


wah... tamago... which software you used?
Originally posted by ^tamago^:
For the above question where |4 cos x/2 - 1 | for 0 < or equal x < or equal to pi, the axis starts at -1. So do I start reflecting my graph upwards after it passes the -1 axis or at 0?