
David N.
asked 04/23/21How would you graph a wave function going through specific points.
I am a programmer and a project I am working on requires me to rotate an object around an axis. The default axis for my canvas is (0, 0) (the canvas is a 400 by 400 square). I need to rotate an object at an axis point of (200, 200) using translation's. Note that I am rotating using degree's. I only currently have the translation for 9 point's of rotation which are: 45° 90° 135° 180° 225° 270° 315° 360° all which are standard degree point's.
These are the translation's it have now: for 45°(200, -82.843); 90°(400, 0); 135°(482.843, 200); 180°(400, 400); 225°(200, 482.843); 270°(0, 400); 315°(-82.842, 200); 360°(0, 0);.I graph each point seperatly, such as if I wanted to graph the translation for 45° I would make two graphs, one for x and one for y of the translation, like this:(45, 200) and (45, -82.843). The translation's make a sort of wave function. I haven't found any online calculator's capable of turning a table into a graph. It would be great to get an equation for these point's. Thank you :)
*There should be two equation's, one for the translation's x where the points would look like this (degree, translation X) and for y: (degree, translation Y)
1 Expert Answer

Mark M. answered 04/24/21
Mathematics Teacher - NCLB Highly Qualified
If the point of rotation is (0, 0), then y = r sin θ and x = r cos θ, where r = radius.
Assuming the radius is 200,
y = 200 cos θ, x = 200 sin θ.
For 0°
y = sin 0°, x = cos 0°
y = 0, x = 200
For 45°
y = 200 cos 45°, x = 200 sin 45°
y = 200(√2/2), x = 200 (√2/2)
Does this do it?
David N.
Not exactly, I will link a desmos with two tables that I want to find the equation for. https://www.desmos.com/calculator/pcrd3b1cw8 Hopefully it will make more sense. I need an equation for each of the tables as I am going to make make the equations into a function where I can later plug in different variables.04/26/21
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Mark M.
I am trying to visualize, yet you talk of rotation about a axis yet describe points that require two axes. Do you want a wave (sinusoidal) or a circle?04/24/21