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Problem 1RE: 1. Give the measures of the complement and the supplement of an angle measuring 35°.
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Step 1

We use the given graph 

General cos function is 

y=Acos(Bx)+Dwhere A is the amphilitudeB is the periodicityPeriod=2πB

To find out A , we look at the maximum point and  minimum on graph 

A=maximum -center 

Maximum is 2.5  and center is at x=0

so a= 2.5 or 52

 

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