document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=638585>Question 638585</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi, for the life of me I can not graph 2 periods for\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " y=2sec3(x-pie/6) -1 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I know that sec=1/cos but on paper im not sure how to do it, nor apparently on a graphing calculator for I get the graph as a direct line going down.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " My mode is in radians too so it isn't that. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "I need to state the domain for that equation and I thought it would be all real numbers and that the range would be -3_< y_<1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and no idea how to determine the asymptotes. Please can you teach me? Thank you </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "y=2sec[3(x-pie/6)] -1 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "I know that sec=1/cos but on paper im not sure how to do it, nor apparently on a graphing calculator for I get the graph as a direct line going down.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "My mode is in radians too so it isn't that.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Comment: You were missing a some parentheses.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I need to state the domain for that equation and I thought it would be all real numbers and that the range would be -3_< y_<1 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "and no idea how to determine the asymptotes.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Domain: All Real Numbers except where cosine = 0: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "3(x-(pi/6)) = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = pi/6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Note: that is also where you find a vertical asymptote.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3(x-(pi/6)) = pi<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-(pi/6) = pi/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = pi/2 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Another vertical asymptote at this point.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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