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Find the period for a sine function that has a maximum at (pi/14,1) and a minimum at (3pi/14,-1)

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Answered by GPT-4o mini
To find the period of the sine function that has a maximum at \((\frac{\pi}{14}, 1)\) and a minimum at \((\frac{3\pi}{14}, -1)\), we start by noting that the sine function has specific characteristics:

1. The maximum occurs at \(\frac{\pi}{14}\) and has a value of 1.
2. The minimum occurs at \(\frac{3\pi}{14}\) and has a value of -1.

The distance between a maximum and the subsequent minimum in a sine function typically corresponds to a quarter of the period. Thus, we can calculate the distance between these two points:

\[
\text{Distance} = \frac{3\pi}{14} - \frac{\pi}{14} = \frac{3\pi - \pi}{14} = \frac{2\pi}{14} = \frac{\pi}{7}.
\]

Since this distance represents a quarter of the period \(T\) of the sine function, we can set up the relationship:

\[
\frac{T}{4} = \frac{\pi}{7}.
\]

To find the full period \(T\), we multiply both sides by 4:

\[
T = 4 \cdot \frac{\pi}{7} = \frac{4\pi}{7}.
\]

Thus, the period of the sine function is

\[
\boxed{\frac{4\pi}{7}}.
\]

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