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Ch. 4 - Graphs of the Circular Functions
Lial - Trigonometry 12th Edition
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Capitolo 5, Problema 2

Fill in the blank(s) to correctly complete each sentence.
The graph of y = cos (x - π/6) is obtained by shifting the graph of y = cos x ______ unit(s) to the ________ (right/left).

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Recall that the function y = cos(x - c) represents a horizontal shift of the basic cosine graph y = cos x by c units.
If the function is y = cos(x - \(\frac{\pi}{6}\)), the graph is shifted horizontally by \(\frac{\pi}{6}\) units.
Since the expression inside the cosine is (x - \(\frac{\pi}{6}\)), this corresponds to a shift to the right by \(\frac{\pi}{6}\) units.
Therefore, the graph of y = cos(x - \(\frac{\pi}{6}\)) is obtained by shifting the graph of y = cos x \(\frac{\pi}{6}\) unit(s) to the right.
Fill in the blanks with: "\(\frac{\pi}{6}\)" and "right".

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