Mathematics A-Level
Graphical behaviour including asymptotes and ranges
What Graphical behaviour including asymptotes and ranges means in Mathematics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Graphical behaviour including asymptotes and ranges
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Sec and cosec have vertical asymptotes where cos or sin are zero with ranges |y| ≥ 1, while cot has asymptotes where sin is zero and range all real numbers.
Topics that use Graphical behaviour including asymptotes and ranges
- E: Trigonometry (AQA A-Level)
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- Algebraic manipulation
- Amplitude
- Asymptote
- Derivation and manipulation of identities
- Domain and range restrictions for functions
- exact trigonometric values
- harmonic form
- Harmonic form (R cos(θ ± α) or R sin(θ ± α))
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