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document.write( "[The leftmost x-coordinate is  and the rightmost\r\n" );
document.write( "x-coordinate is .  They are partly cut off in\r\n" );
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document.write( "The period of a function is the distance along the x-axis\r\n" );
document.write( "from the beginning of a figure until it starts repeating \r\n" );
document.write( "same figure\r\n" );
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document.write( "The round hump figure starts at  and ends (and\r\n" );
document.write( "starts over at . That's a distance along the x-axis\r\n" );
document.write( "of  =  =  = \r\n" );
document.write( "So its period is .\r\n" );
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document.write( "You can always get the period by subtracting the x-coordinate\r\n" );
document.write( "at the beginning of any repeating figure from the x-coordinate\r\n" );
document.write( "at the end of the repeating figure.\r\n" );
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document.write( "You could also get the period from the beginning and end of the\r\n" );
document.write( "second round hump figure:\r\n" );
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document.write( " =  =  = \r\n" );
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document.write( "or from the beginning and end of the third hump:\r\n" );
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document.write( " =  = \r\n" );
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document.write( "or from the fourth hump\r\n" );
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document.write( " =    <--the easiest way to find the period!\r\n" );
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document.write( "or the fifth or sixth hump.\r\n" );
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