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Example: Reading Function Values, Intercepts, Domain, and Range from a Graph
By analyzing the visual graph of a mathematical function, various properties can be deduced directly from its plotted coordinate points. Consider a periodic wavy graph extending infinitely in both directions along the horizontal -axis. Because the curve has a corresponding point for all real -values, its domain is physically represented as the interval . Vertically, the function's plotted -values strictly oscillate between a minimum of and a maximum of , making the corresponding range . To evaluate specific function values, one must match the given -input with the precise -output on the curve. For instance, to evaluate f\left(\frac{3}{2}\pi ight), locate on the -axis and read the correlating -coordinate of the graph, which is ; thus, f\left(\frac{3}{2}\pi ight) = -1. Furthermore, to find the -values where , identify the -intercepts where the graph crosses the horizontal axis. For this specific graph, the intercepts appear at points such as , , , , and , concluding that the solutions are , , , , and . By inspecting the vertical intersection, the single -intercept occurs where the graph crosses the -axis when , which happens precisely at the origin .
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