Graphs of the Sine, Cosine and

Tangent Functions

PreCalculus 7-1

 Make a unit circle by folding a paper plate

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 Start by folding the plate in half, and half

again
Once more

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 Now, with one fourth of the plate, carefully

draw two lines that divide the plate into
thirds, then crease ONE of these lines.
Open the plate, and mark the lines

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 Label the creases as shown in the picture

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 Add the
(x,y)
coordinates
, that is
cosine, sine

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 Wrap a piece of yarn around the circle, and

mark each of the main values on the yarn
with a marker.

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 Put a straight line across two pieces of

paper, and transfer the radian measures
from the piece of yarn
Label each mark appropriately

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 Break pieces of spaghetti to the length of the y value

(sine) for each graph marking.
At least one student create a cosine graph
Glue these pieces onto your paper at the appropriate
locations
Be sure to show the third and fourth quadrants as
negative.

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 With another piece of yarn, or a marker,

connect all the tops of the spaghetti with a
smooth line.

Let the glue dry

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 Find the axis of reflecting to obtain the graph

of the function y = -3 tan x from the graph of
the function y = 3 tan x
x- axis

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