Sine and cosine do not have asymptotes, meanwhile all the other trig functions have asymptotes. But, why? Remember that an asymptote forms when there is an undefined ratio/fraction. This means that there is a number divided by 0.
This is based on the trig function's ratios. Sine and cosine have ratios of y/r and x/r. "r" always equals to one in the unit circle so we can be sure that the ratio will never be undefined.
Meanwhile, the ratios for all the other trig functions have a denominator, not of r=1, but of either y or x values, which could happen to be values of 0.
No comments:
Post a Comment