Effect of a: Amplitude

This section is the effect of a on $y=a\sin\theta$ and $y=a\cos\theta$ . Amplitude is $|a|$ . NSC Paper 2 only (Trigonometry is about 50 marks). Multiply every $y$ -value of the mother wave by $a$ : the graph stretches away…

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