Period and Amplitude
Applications
Graphs
Equation Writing
100

What is the amplitude of 3sin(x)?

What is 3?
100

Identify what 1.5 means in this equation:

h(t)=5+1.5sin(pi/6t)

What is the amplitude.

100

What feature of a graph tells you the amplitude?

What is the distance from the midline to the peak?

100

Write the general form of a sine function.

What is 

y=Asin(B(x+c))+D

200

What is the period of cos(2x)?

What is 

pi

200

What is the average of the following function?

h(t)=5+1.5sin(pi/6t)

What is 5 feet?

200

What does the midline of a trig function represent on a graph?

What is the average value or vertical shift?

200

What part of the equation controls amplitude?

y=Asin(B(x+C))+D

What is A?

300

If a sine function has a period of 3, what is the value of b in sin(bx)?

What is 

(2pi)/3

300

What is the total height difference between the max and min?

h(t)=5+1.5sin(pi/6t)

What is 3 feet?

300

If a graph peaks at 3 and bottoms at -1, what is the amplitude and midline?

What is amplitude 2 and midline 1?

300

What part of the equation controls the period?

y=Asin(B(x+C))+D

What is B, using 

(2pi)/B

400

The function -2sin(x)+1 has what amplitude and midline?

What is amplitude 2 and midline y=1?

400

What is the period of

h(t)=5+1.5sin(pi/6t)

What is 12 hours?

400

What is the period of sin(x)?

What is 

2pi?

400

Write an equation with amplitude 3, midline at 2, and period 

pi

What is y=3sin(2x)+2?

500

Write the equation of a cosine function with the period:

4pi. 

What is 

y=cos(1/2x)

500

In a function modeling a passenger swaying on a train, the amplitude is 2. What does that mean in context?

What is the passenger sways 2 feet from the center position?

500

Given a graph of a trig function, how do you write the equation?

What is identify amplitude, period, phase shift, and vertical shift to build the equation?

500

Write a cosine function with period 6, amplitude 1, and midline -2.

What is 

y=cos(pi/3x)-2?