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Question 12 • Precalculus

The parent cosecant function is shifted 2 units down, and its period is changed to 6 pi Which of the following is the graph of the transformed function?

Answer

Image with description On a coordinate plane, the x axis ranges from negative 6 pi to 6 pi with an interval of pi units and the y axis ranges from negative 4 to 4 with an interval of 2 units. A graph of a function with asymptotes at x equals plus or minus n pi is drawn. It touches the line y equals 1 at (3 by 2 pi comma1) and (negative 9 by 2 pi comma 1). Another line y equals negative 1 touches at (9 by 2 pi comma negative 1) and (negative 3 by 2 pi comma negative 1).

Image with description On a coordinate plane, the x axis ranges from negative 6 pi to 6 pi with an interval of pi units and the y axis ranges from negative 4 to 4 with an interval of 2 units. A graph of a function with asymptotes at x equals plus or minus n pi is drawn. It touches the line y equals 1 at (6 pi comma1), (0 comma 1) and (negative 6 pi comma 1). Another line y equals negative 2 touches at (3 pi comma negative 1) and (negative 3 pi comma negative 1).

Image with description On a coordinate plane, the x axis ranges from negative 6 pi to 6 pi with an interval of pi units and the y axis ranges from negative 6 to 2 with an interval of 2 units. A graph of a function with asymptotes at x equals plus or minus n pi is drawn. It touches the line y equals 1 at (6 pi comma1), (0 comma 1) and (negative 6 pi comma 1). Another line y equals negative 3 touches at (3 pi comma negative 3) and (negative 3 pi comma negative 3).

Image with description On a coordinate plane, the x axis ranges from negative 6 pi to 6 pi with an interval of pi units and the y axis ranges from negative 6 to 2 with an interval of 2 units. A graph of a function with asymptotes at x equals plus or minus n pi is drawn. It touches the line y equals negative 1 at (3 by 2 pi comma negative 1) and (negative 9 by 2 pi comma negative 1). Another line y equals negative 3 touches at (3 by 2 pi comma negative 3) and (negative 9 by 2 pi comma negative 3).

Explanation

A cosecant function with period 6π can be written as y = csc(x/3) − 2, since the period of csc(Bx) is 2π/|B|. Shifting down 2 moves the usual cosecant vertex values 1 and −1 to −1 and −3. Choice D shows those vertex heights, so it matches the transformed function.

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