# Math Help - What would these functions look like?

1. ## What would these functions look like?

$y=sin6x$
and
$y=sin1/4x$

In other words what might the zeroes be?

2. Originally Posted by crosser43
$y=sin6x$
and
$y=sin1/4x$

In other words what might the zeroes be?
As masters wrote in this thread (http://www.mathhelpforum.com/math-he...lp-answer.html) the b is important. For the 1st one, b = 6, and for the 2nd one, b = 1/4.
(BTW, your 2nd one in ambiguous. Some people may think that you mean $y = \sin \frac{1}{4x}$ instead of $y = \sin \frac{1}{4}x$.)

You have to remember the zeros for y = sin x, which is
$0,\; \pi,\; 2\pi,\; 3\pi,...$;
in other words, multiples of $\pi$.

So to find the zeros of y = sin bx, divide the zeros I listed above by b. For y = sin 6x, the zeros are
$0,\; \frac{\pi}{6}\; \frac{\pi}{3}\; \frac{\pi}{2},...$.

I'll let you try the other one.

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3. Originally Posted by crosser43
$y=sin6x$
and
$y=sin1/4x$

In other words what might the zeroes be?
Let $u = 6x$ . So now we have $y=\sin{u}$ . For which values of $u$ does $y=\sin{u} = 0$ ?

Now use this and the fact that $x = \frac{u}{6}$ to find out the zeroes to $y=\sin{6x}$

EDIT: tooo slow