Identify the maximum and minimum values of the function y = 8 cos x in the interval [-2π, 2π]. Use your understanding of transformations, not your graphing calculator.

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anonymous · Answer

Check out the amplitude on that bad boy.

anonymous · Answer

how ?
@CliffSedge

anonymous · Answer

Do you know what the graph of y=cos(x) looks like?
See how your equation has an 8 multiplying how big that gets?

anonymous · Answer

no :( @CliffSedge

anonymous · Answer

Hmm, well that's a shame. This question relies on your knowledge of what basic trig functions look like.
cosine looks like this:
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