Sinusoidals please

Geometry Level 3

How many of the following functions are not sinusoidal?

  • f ( x ) = x sin x f(x) = \dfrac{x}{\sin x}
  • f ( x ) = cos x sin x f(x) = \dfrac{\cos x}{\sin x}
  • f ( x ) = sin x sec 18 0 f(x) = \dfrac{\sin x}{\sec 180^\circ}

Definition: A sinusoidal function is continuous and periodic.

3 2 1 0

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Margaret Zheng
Jun 14, 2016

Among the six trigonometric functions, only sin x \sin x and cos x \cos x are sinusoidal.

As x value increases, sin x \sin x is always between -1 and 1. The absolute value of this function is thus between inf \inf and x, and since x value changes, this value also changes. It is not sinusoidal because it is neither continuous nor periodic.


Since II) reduces to cot x \cot x , it is not a sinusoidal function because it is not continuous.


sec 18 0 = 1 cos 18 0 = 1 1 = 1 \sec 180^\circ = \frac {1}{\cos 180^\circ} = \frac {1}{-1} = -1 . If sin x \sin x is sinusoidal, s i n x -sin x is sinusoidal too. Therefore, III) is sinusoidal. We have 2 \boxed {2} non-sinusoidal functions.

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