Sketch the graphs of the following curves on the same scale and the same axes: (i) y = cos x and y = cos x/2 (ii) y = cos2 x and y = cos x
Sketch the graphs of the following curves on the same scale and the same axes: (i) y = cos x and y = cos x/2 (ii) y = cos2 x and y = cos x

    \[\left( \mathbf{i} \right)~y\text{ }=\text{ }cos\text{ }x\text{ }and\text{ }y\text{ }=\text{ }cos\text{ }x/2\]

 

Since, the functions

    \[y\text{ }=\text{ }cos\text{ }x\text{ }and\text{ }y\text{ }=\text{ }cos\text{ }\left( x/2 \right)\]

are periodic functions with periods

    \[\pi \text{ }and\text{ }\pi .\]

The values of these functions are tabulated below:

The curve is:

RD Sharma Solutions for Class 11 Maths Chapter 6 – Graphs of Trigonometric Functions image -23

    \[\left( \mathbf{ii} \right)~y\text{ }=\text{ }co{{s}^{2}}~x\text{ }and\text{ }y\text{ }=\text{ }cos\text{ }x\]

Since, the functions

    \[y\text{ }=\text{ }co{{s}^{2}}~x\text{ }and\text{ }y\text{ }=\text{ }cos\text{ }x\]

are periodic functions with period

    \[2\pi .\]

The values of these functions are tabulated below:

The curve is:

RD Sharma Solutions for Class 11 Maths Chapter 6 – Graphs of Trigonometric Functions image -24