What is the domain and range of a sine graph?

Question

Abigail Allen · Accepted Answer

Let #f# be a generalized sinusoidal function whose graph is a sine wave:

#f(x)=Asin(Bx+C)+D#

Where

The maximum domain of a function is given by all the values in which it is well defined:

#"Domain" = {x | x in RR and f(x) " is defined"}#

Since the sine function is defined everywhere on the real numbers, its set is #RR#.

As #f# is a periodic function, its range is a bounded interval given by the max and min values of the function. The maximum output of #sinx# is #1#, while its minimum is #-1#.

Hence:

#"Range" = [D-A, A+D] or "Range" = [A+D, D-A]#

The range depends on the sign of #A#. However, if we allow that

#[a,b] = [b,a]#

then the range is more simply defined as [D-A, A+D].

As a conclusion,

#f:RR -> [D-A, A+D]#

Abigail Allen · Answer

#" "#
Domain:

#color(blue)((-oo < theta < oo)#

Interval Notation: #color(green)((-oo, oo)#

Range:

#color(blue)((-1 < theta < 1)#

Interval Notation: #color(green)([-1, 1]#

#" "#
Domain and Range of a SIN Graph:

Let us look at the SIN Graph first:

#color(blue)("Domain :"#

The domain of a function is the set of input values for which the function is real and defined.

#color(blue)((-oo < theta < oo)#

Domain restriction used for the SIN Graph to display ONE complete cycle.

#color(blue)("Range :"#

The set of output values (of the dependent variable) for which the function is defined.

As you can easily observe, the SIN graph goes up until #color(blue)(1# and goes down until #color(blue)(-1#

#color(blue)((-1 < theta < 1)#

Hope this helps.

Abigail Allen · Answer

undefined The domain of a sine graph is all real numbers, denoted by (-∞, ∞). The range of a sine graph is from -1 to 1, inclusive, denoted by [-1, 1].

Julia Adams · Answer

undefined The domain of a sine graph is all real numbers ($ \mathbb{R} $), and the range is between -1 and 1, inclusive ($ -1 \leq y \leq 1 $).