SOLUTION: Can someone give me the steps on how to graph y= sin x? Thank you!

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Question 198857: Can someone give me the steps on how to graph y= sin x? Thank you!
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If you can't use a graphing calculator, but a regular calculator, then simply generate a table of values for y=sin%28x%29 like so 

       x          y
  ----------------------
   -5.00000    0.95892
   -4.00000    0.75680
   -3.00000   -0.14112
   -2.00000   -0.90930
   -1.00000   -0.84147
    0.00000    0.00000
    1.00000    0.84147
    2.00000    0.90930
    3.00000    0.14112
    4.00000   -0.75680
    5.00000   -0.95892


Also, you can throw in special values such as sin%28pi%29=0. Once you have your points, plot them:






Now draw a curve through all of the points to graph y=sin%28x%29