SOLUTION: Graph y = 3 sin x using transformations. Could someone explain a little better than my math book? Thank you so!

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Question 418524: Graph y = 3 sin x using transformations. Could someone explain a little better than my math book? Thank you so!
Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The graph of y+=+sin%28x%29 is periodic with period 2pi and looks like this:

graph%28200%2C40%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-2%2C+2%2C+sin%28x%29%29

The graph of y+=+3%2Asin%28x%29 is the same, except "stretched" by a factor of 3.

graph%28200%2C+80%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-4%2C+4%2C+3%2Asin%28x%29%29