Shit Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 (edited) Doooone Edited February 18, 2015 by Shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysteryy Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 (edited) im not sure where or how you managed to get y = 1.2. If you are looking for x intercepts, y will always be 0. If you need to find where the function intercepts the x axis, you need to set the entire function equal to 0. Afterwards you will notice that sin (function) = 0, and where is sin (some number) = 0? Sin (0) = 0. When you solve this for your equation, you will get the first intercept. But sin is repeating, with a period of 2pi. Sin is 0 at every multiple of pi. If you set your function equal to the first 3 multiples of pi, 0 1 2, you will find the answers. Your function being the contents inside of sin Along with the number at the end. Edit: I'm on my phone and just realized your equation has a shift at the end. You will need to do something similar to what I said but not exactly. :p Use sin^-1 Edited February 16, 2015 by Mysteryy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shit Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share Posted February 18, 2015 im not sure where or how you managed to get y = 1.2. If you are looking for x intercepts, y will always be 0. If you need to find where the function intercepts the x axis, you need to set the entire function equal to 0. Afterwards you will notice that sin (function) = 0, and where is sin (some number) = 0? Sin (0) = 0. When you solve this for your equation, you will get the first intercept. But sin is repeating, with a period of 2pi. Sin is 0 at every multiple of pi. If you set your function equal to the first 3 multiples of pi, 0 1 2, you will find the answers. Your function being the contents inside of sin Along with the number at the end. Edit: I'm on my phone and just realized your equation has a shift at the end. You will need to do something similar to what I said but not exactly. Use sin^-1 yeah turns out i needed to use sin^-1 + pi and back into the equation then solve to get intersection 2. then add the period of the curve to the x value of intersection 1 to get intersection #3. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...