Find period or state transformations

A question is this type if and only if it asks you to state the period of a trigonometric function or describe geometric transformations mapping one graph to another.

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Edexcel P1 2019 October Q9
4 marks Moderate -0.8
9. \begin{figure}[h]
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\end{figure} Figure 5 shows a sketch of part of the curve \(C\) with equation \(y = \sin \left( \frac { x } { 12 } \right)\), where \(x\) is measured in radians. The point \(M\) shown in Figure 5 is a minimum point on \(C\).
  1. State the period of \(C\).
  2. State the coordinates of \(M\). The smallest positive solution of the equation \(\sin \left( \frac { x } { 12 } \right) = k\), where \(k\) is a constant, is \(\alpha\). Find, in terms of \(\alpha\),
    1. the negative solution of the equation \(\sin \left( \frac { x } { 12 } \right) = k\) that is closest to zero,
    2. the smallest positive solution of the equation \(\cos \left( \frac { x } { 12 } \right) = k\).
OCR MEI C2 Q3
5 marks Moderate -0.8
3
  1. On the same axes, sketch the graphs of \(y = \cos x\) and \(y = \cos 2 x\) for values of \(x\) from 0 to \(2 \pi\).
  2. Describe the transformation which maps the graph of \(y = \cos x\) onto the graph of \(y = 3 \cos x\).
    \(4 \theta\) is an acute angle and \(\sin \theta = \frac { 1 } { 4 }\). Find the exact value of \(\tan \theta\).
OCR C2 2016 June Q9
8 marks Moderate -0.3
9 A curve has equation \(y = \sin ( a x )\), where \(a\) is a positive constant and \(x\) is in radians.
  1. State the period of \(y = \sin ( a x )\), giving your answer in an exact form in terms of \(a\).
  2. Given that \(x = \frac { 1 } { 5 } \pi\) and \(x = \frac { 2 } { 5 } \pi\) are the two smallest positive solutions of \(\sin ( a x ) = k\), where \(k\) is a positive constant, find the values of \(a\) and \(k\).
  3. Given instead that \(\sin ( a x ) = \sqrt { 3 } \cos ( a x )\), find the two smallest positive solutions for \(x\), giving your answers in an exact form in terms of \(a\). \section*{END OF QUESTION PAPER}
OCR MEI AS Paper 1 2022 June Q5
6 marks Moderate -0.3
5 Part of the graph of \(y = f ( x )\) is shown below. The graph is the image of \(y = \tan x ^ { \circ }\) after a stretch in the \(x\)-direction.
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  1. Find the equation of the graph.
  2. Write down the period of the function \(\mathrm { f } ( x )\).
  3. In this question you must show detailed reasoning. Find all the roots of the equation \(\mathrm { f } ( x ) = 1\) for \(0 ^ { \circ } \leqslant x ^ { \circ } \leqslant 360 ^ { \circ }\).
AQA C2 2014 June Q6
6 marks Easy -1.2
6
  1. Sketch, on the axes given below, the graph of \(y = \sin x\) for \(0 ^ { \circ } \leqslant x \leqslant 360 ^ { \circ }\).
  2. Describe the geometrical transformation that maps the graph of \(y = \sin x\) onto the graph of \(y = \sin 5 x\).
  3. Describe the single geometrical transformation that maps the graph of \(y = \sin 5 x\) onto the graph of \(y = \sin \left( 5 x + 10 ^ { \circ } \right)\).
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