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Math III

Go further with polynomial and rational expressions, advanced functions, trigonometry, geometric modeling, and statistical inference.

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F-TF.2.1 M3-035-A06-V01

Specify cotangent zeros, asymptotes, and decreasing branches

Graph all six basic trigonometric functions.

Use cotangent's quotient form to separate its two landmark types: denominator zeros produce excluded asymptotes, while numerator zeros produce graph zeros when the denominator remains nonzero. Adjacent asymptotes bound one …

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F-TF.2.1 M3-035-A07-V01

Determine the period of a basic trigonometric function

Graph all six basic trigonometric functions.

A period is the smallest horizontal shift that returns the entire graph to the same phase. Compare matching landmarks, such as zero crossings traveled in the same direction, and measure …

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F-TF.2.1 M3-035-A08-V01

State trig domain and range as separate sets

Graph all six basic trigonometric functions.

Keep domain and range tied to different questions: domain asks which horizontal inputs are allowed, while range asks which vertical outputs occur. Look for an expression that can become undefined …

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F-TF.2.1 M3-035-A09-V01

Identify a basic trigonometric function from its graph features

Graph all six basic trigonometric functions.

Identify a parent trig graph by combining features instead of relying on one familiar point. First use boundedness, smoothness, asymptotes, and repeat length to narrow the function family. Then inspect …

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F-TF.2.1 M3-035-A10-V01

Find the vertical asymptotes of tangent, secant, and cosecant graphs

Graph all six basic trigonometric functions.

Find vertical asymptotes from the function's denominator, not from its zeros. Solve for every input that makes that denominator zero, express the repeating family with an integer parameter, and then …

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F-TF.2.1 M3-035-A11-V01

Map source trig features to reciprocal-graph features

Graph all six basic trigonometric functions.

A reciprocal graph is best traced from a few decisive source values. Source zeros make the reciprocal undefined and become vertical asymptotes, while source values of positive or negative one …

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F-TF.2.1 M3-035-A13-V01

Find the value of sin, cos, tan, csc, sec, or cot at a key angle

Graph all six basic trigonometric functions.

Locate the angle's terminal point on the unit circle before evaluating the function. Sine reads the vertical coordinate, cosine reads the horizontal coordinate, and the other trig functions come from …

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F-TF.2.1 M3-035-A14-V01

Determine whether a basic trigonometric function is even, odd, or neither

Graph all six basic trigonometric functions.

Classify parity by replacing the input with its negative and comparing the resulting output with the original. An unchanged output corresponds to reflection across the vertical axis, while a sign-reversed …

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F-TF.5 M3-036-A01-V01

Find the amplitude of a sinusoid from its maximum and minimum values

Choose trig functions to model periodic phenomena using amplitude, frequency, and midline.

Amplitude measures the distance from a sinusoid's centerline to either extreme, not the entire top-to-bottom span. Subtract the minimum from the maximum and halve that vertical distance. As a check, …

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F-TF.5 M3-036-A02-V01

Find the midline of a sinusoidal function from its maximum and minimum values

Choose trig functions to model periodic phenomena using amplitude, frequency, and midline.

The midline is the horizontal level exactly halfway between a sinusoid's maximum and minimum. Average those two output values, then verify that the result is equally far from both extremes. …

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F-TF.5 M3-036-A03-V01

Find the period of a sinusoid from two matching graph features

Choose trig functions to model periodic phenomena using amplitude, frequency, and midline.

One period is the horizontal distance between consecutive points in the same phase of a sinusoid. Two neighboring maxima are especially useful because each marks the same position in successive …

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F-TF.5 M3-036-A04-V01

Find the frequency from the period of a periodic model

Choose trig functions to model periodic phenomena using amplitude, frequency, and midline.

Period and frequency describe reciprocal rates. Period tells how much input time one cycle takes, while frequency tells how many cycles occur per unit time. Invert the period value and …

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F-TF.5 M3-036-A05-V01

Write a sine model from maximum and minimum values, period, midline, and the direction of a midline crossing

Choose trig functions to model periodic phenomena using amplitude, frequency, and midline.

A rising midline crossing is a natural phase anchor for a sine model. Use the amplitude for the vertical scale, the midline for the outside shift, and convert the desired …

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F-TF.5 M3-036-A06-V01

Write a cosine model from amplitude or extreme values, period, midline, and the x-value of a maximum or minimum

Choose trig functions to model periodic phenomena using amplitude, frequency, and midline.

An extreme is a natural phase anchor for a cosine model. The sign of the cosine coefficient determines whether that anchor is a maximum or minimum, while its magnitude gives …

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F-TF.5 M3-036-A07-V01

Choose the basic trigonometric model type from a periodic situation's starting position

Choose trig functions to model periodic phenomena using amplitude, frequency, and midline.

Translate the physical starting position into displacement from the situation's midline, then record whether that displacement initially rises or falls. Parent sine models begin on the midline, whereas parent cosine …

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F-TF.5 M3-036-A08-V01

Interpret every sinusoidal parameter with units

Choose trig functions to model periodic phenomena using amplitude, frequency, and midline.

Match the equation to standard sinusoidal form before interpreting any parameter. The outside coefficient and constant control amplitude, midline, and vertical range; the inside coefficient and shift control cycle length, …

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F-TF.5 M3-036-A09-V01

Find and verify sinusoidal maximum and minimum values

Choose trig functions to model periodic phenomena using amplitude, frequency, and midline.

A sinusoid's vertical envelope is centered at its midline and extends one amplitude in each direction. Read amplitude as the absolute value of the trig coefficient, then add and subtract …

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F-TF.5 M3-036-A10-V01

Find when a sinusoidal model reaches its first maximum or minimum

Choose trig functions to model periodic phenomena using amplitude, frequency, and midline.

First determine which trig-factor value produces the requested extreme, taking the outside coefficient's sign into account. Set the model's entire phase equal to every angle where that factor value occurs …

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F-TF.5 M3-036-A11-V01

Compare sinusoidal models with parallel feature fields

Choose trig functions to model periodic phenomena using amplitude, frequency, and midline.

Compare sinusoidal models one feature field at a time. Outside coefficients control vertical scale, outside constants control the common centerline, and inside coefficients and shifts control cycle length and phase. …

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F-TF.5 M3-036-A12-V01

Write a sinusoidal model from maximum, minimum, period, and starting-position clues

Choose trig functions to model periodic phenomena using amplitude, frequency, and midline.

Build the model from vertical and horizontal evidence separately. The extreme values determine amplitude and midline, while the time from a maximum to the next minimum is only half a …

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F-TF.5 M3-036-A13-V01

Decide whether a periodic model is appropriate

Choose trig functions to model periodic phenomena using amplitude, frequency, and midline.

A periodic model needs more than an up-and-down appearance: identify a physical mechanism that recurs after a roughly stable time interval. Separate systematic cycles at different time scales from irregular …

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F-TF.5 M3-036-A14-V01

Predict an output value from a sine or cosine model

Choose trig functions to model periodic phenomena using amplitude, frequency, and midline.

Evaluate a sinusoidal model from the inside out. Substitute the requested input, simplify the entire angle, find the exact trig value, and only then apply the outside scale and vertical …

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G-GMD.4 M3-037-A01-V01

Identify the cross-section formed when a prism is sliced parallel to its base

Identify cross-sections of 3D objects and solids generated by rotating 2D objects.

Treat a prism as a stack of congruent layers parallel to its base. A slicing plane with that same orientation meets corresponding lateral edges at the same relative height, so …

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G-GMD.4 M3-037-A02-V01

Identify the cross-section of a right prism cut by a plane perpendicular to its base

Identify cross-sections of 3D objects and solids generated by rotating 2D objects.

A plane perpendicular to a right prism's base sweeps vertically through the solid. One pair of section edges follows the prism's height, while the other pair comes from the segment …

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G-GMD.4 M3-037-A03-V01

Classify a fully specified cylinder cross-section

Identify cross-sections of 3D objects and solids generated by rotating 2D objects.

Classify a cylinder section from both the plane's orientation and the surfaces it meets. An interior plane parallel to the bases lies at one height, and the cylinder wall stays …

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G-GMD.4 M3-037-A04-V01

Identify the cross-section formed by slicing a cone

Identify cross-sections of 3D objects and solids generated by rotating 2D objects.

The cutting plane's relation to a cone's base determines the section family. A parallel cut stays at one height, where every point on the cone's boundary is the same distance …

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G-GMD.4 M3-037-A05-V01

Identify the cross-section formed when a plane slices a sphere

Identify cross-sections of 3D objects and solids generated by rotating 2D objects.

Every boundary point of a sphere is the same distance from its center. When the slicing plane contains that center, the intersection keeps the sphere's full radius within the plane; …

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G-GMD.4 M3-037-A06-V01

Identify the solid formed by revolving a rectangle around a parallel line

Identify cross-sections of 3D objects and solids generated by rotating 2D objects.

Track the entire filled rectangle, not just its boundary, as one side remains fixed. At each position along that axis, the perpendicular segment sweeps a filled disk whose radius is …

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G-GMD.4 M3-037-A07-V01

Determine cone dimensions from a rotated right-triangle region

Identify cross-sections of 3D objects and solids generated by rotating 2D objects.

Map each side of the right triangle by its relation to the rotation axis. The leg on the axis becomes the solid's axial dimension, the perpendicular leg sweeps the base …

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G-GMD.4 M3-037-A08-V01

Identify the solid formed by revolving a 2D figure around a line in its plane

Identify cross-sections of 3D objects and solids generated by rotating 2D objects.

Track both the curved boundary and the filled interior as the semicircular region turns about its diameter. The arc sweeps a boundary at a fixed distance from the midpoint, while …

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G-GMD.4 M3-037-A09-V01

Match a rotated 2D figure to the 3D solid it forms

Identify cross-sections of 3D objects and solids generated by rotating 2D objects.

Fix the stated side as the axis and examine crosswise segments of the filled rectangle. Each has the same length, so every one sweeps a filled disk of the same …

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G-GMD.4 M3-037-A10-V01

Identify the cross-section shape from a described plane slice of a 3D solid

Identify cross-sections of 3D objects and solids generated by rotating 2D objects.

Use both orientation and location to describe a cone's cross-section. A plane parallel to the base meets the cone at one constant height and preserves the base's rotational symmetry, while …

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G-GMD.4 M3-037-A11-V01

Identify a solid from a fully specified generating region and axis

Identify cross-sections of 3D objects and solids generated by rotating 2D objects.

Read the coordinate bounds relative to the exact rotation axis. For each fixed vertical coordinate, the filled horizontal segment begins on the axis and sweeps a disk whose radius is …

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G-GPE.3.1 M3-038-A01-V01

Identify the type of conic by inspecting squared terms and signs in the equation

Complete the square for general quadratic conic equations; identify and graph circles, ellipses, parabolas, or hyperbolas.

Classify a conic by inventorying its squared-variable terms before doing any graphing. One squared variable signals one family, opposite signs on two squares signal another, and same-sign squares narrow the …

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G-GPE.3.1 M3-038-A02-V01

Complete squares and report every circle parameter

Complete the square for general quadratic conic equations; identify and graph circles, ellipses, parabolas, or hyperbolas.

Group the terms by variable and complete each square using the square of half its linear coefficient. Every amount added to form a perfect square must also be added to …

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G-GPE.3.1 M3-038-A03-V01

Complete squares and extract ellipse axes

Complete the square for general quadratic conic equations; identify and graph circles, ellipses, parabolas, or hyperbolas.

Factor each quadratic coefficient before completing the square inside its variable group, then move the compensating constants carefully. Normalize the completed equation so the right side is one. The binomial …

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