Question 962222
i'm not exactly sure what you are talking about, but i'll tell you what i know about the formula and maybe it will answer your question.


the general formula is y = a*sin(b * (x-c)) + d


this formula applies to y = a * csc(b * (x-c)) + d as well.


there are two forms to the formula:


they are:


y = a * csc(b * (x-c)) + d


and:


y = a * csc((b*x) - b*c) + d


the only difference is that the b * (x-c) has been distributed to be equal to (b * x) - (b * c).


what does this mean in reference to your problem?


if your original formula is csc (t/2 - pi/4), then the alternate form of showing this would be csc (1/2 * (t - 2*pi/4)


now, if your original formula is csc (1/2 * (t - pi/4)), then the alternate form of showing this would be csc (1/2 * t - 1/2 * pi/4) which would then be shown as csc (t/2 - pi/8)


outside of this, i'm not exactly sure what you are referring to.


please be more specific with an example and then i might be able to answer your question better.