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document.write( "y = sin(2x - p)\r\n" );
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document.write( "has a phase shift of  to the right because\r\n" );
document.write( "if you factor out the coefficient of x in the parentheses, like this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "y = sin[2(x - )]\r\n" );
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document.write( "If after factoring out the coefficient it contains (x - A) its phase \r\n" );
document.write( "shift is A units right\r\n" );
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document.write( "If it had contained (x + A) its phase shift would have been A units \r\n" );
document.write( "to the left.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It's the same with the other trig functions.\r\n" );
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