How would you sketch a graph of y= -3/2cscx, I'm not really sure how you do the csc.
Since | sin(x) | never exceeds 1, | csc(x) | = 1 / | sin(x) | can never be less than 1. Since | sin(x) | is almost always less than 1, | csc(x) | = 1 / | sin(x) | is almost always greater than 1. If | sin(x) | is close to 0, then | csc(x) | = 1 / | sin(x) | is large, and the closer sin(x) gets to 0 the larger | csc(x) | will be. As x gets close to 1, csc(x) gets close to 1/1 = 1.Look at the graph in the text that shows sin(x) and csc(x):
Find the places where sin(x) is 1--the points where the graph of sin(x) touches the line y = 1. Notice that at those points, csc(x) also touches the graph. Locate the x-axis intervals where sin(x) is positive--i.e., where the sine curve is above the x axis. Notice that csc(x) is also positive, which happens because 1 / sin(x) has the same sign as sin(x). Similarly notice that csc(x) is negative when sin(x) is negative. Notice that when sin(x) gets close to 0, the magnitude of csc(x)--i.e., its vertical distance from the x axis--gets very large. This is because the reciprocal of a number close to zero has a large magnitude; to quote the above, 'the closer sin(x) gets to 0 the larger | csc(x) | will be'.You could also make a table for csc(theta) vs. theta, using theta values 0, pi/6, pi/4, pi/3, etc.. The values of csc(theta) would be undefined (for theta = 0), 2, sqrt(2), 2 / sqrt(3), 1, 2/sqrt(3), sqrt(2), 2, undef. In decimal form these values would be (undef), 2, 1.4, 1.2, 1, 1.2, 1.4, 2, (undef). You could construct the graph from a complete table. I need help on #90 in hw. the question states: suppose that the motion of a spring is given by: d(t)=6e^-.8tcos(6pit)+4, then it says: where d is the distance, in inches, of a weight from the point at which the spring is attached to a ceiling, after t seconds. How far do you think the spring is from the ceiling when the spring stops bobbing?