How do you draw the graph of y=1+sinxy=1+sinx for 0<=x<2pi0x<2π?

1 Answer
Oct 28, 2016

You need to understand the base sine graph, and how to do basic transformations.

The graph of sinxsinx will have its yy-intercept at x = 0x=0. It has an amplitude of 11, so it will always have a maximum of y= 1y=1 and a minimum of y = -1y=1. It first goes up, and then comes back down to reach a minimum, passing through the line y= 0y=0, which is in fact the axis of symmetry.

The period of sine is 2pi2π, that's to say it takes 2pi2π units for it to repeat itself.

As for y = 1 + sinxy=1+sinx, this is the graph of y = sinxy=sinx, with the axis of symmetry moved up 11 unit to y = 1y=1. The graph of y = 1 + sinxy=1+sinx is shown in the following image.

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Hopefully this helps!