Sunday, 2 August 2015

trigonometry - Fitting data with Cosine

So I'm trying to wrap my head about Graphing Cos and Sin but I have several questions about graphing. I know that the Formula is



$$Y= A \sin (t \pm h) + K$$



where $A$ is Amplitude , $t$ is Period, $h$ is horizontal shift, $k$ is the mid line.




I have the following data...
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I know for fact the following...



Highest Point $= 73$



Lowest point $= 43$



Amplitude $= (73 - 43) = 30$




Midline $= (A/2 + 43) = 30/2 + 43 = 58$



Now the problem is putting all the information together...



$y = 15 \cos (t \pm h) + 58$



my question is figuring the Period and Horizontal shift?



I think $t$ (period), is the number of cycles between $0$ and $24$ so it's $24/1$




$t= 24/1 = 24$



but the graph shrinks?



I'm having trouble understanding how to obtain t- period and h- horizontal shift.



Most of the graphs on the internet use $2\pi/$(# of intervals).

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