The graphs for sine and cosine are almost identical, with the only difference being that the cosine graph is the sine graph shifted by 90° to the right. The graphs for sine and cosine both have an amplitude of 1, meaning that the maximum value that the two trigonometric functions can take is 1. They are both 360° periodic, meaning that the graph will be repeated after every 360°.

The cosine graph is symmetric over the y-axis, since when it is flipped across it, the two halves of the graph match up. On the other hand, the graph of sine is symmetric about the origin, since the graph is flipped over both the x-axis and the y-axis. This means that for every x value with a corresponding value of y, −x matches to −y.

Tangent graph is significantly different to both sine and cosine graphs. The graph of tangent is 180° periodic. The graph passes through the origin and tends to infinity both in the positive and the negative direction, and thus its amplitude is undefined. Since tangent is undefined for odd multiples of 90°, at these values of x, the graph of tangent has asymptotes.

Tangent is undefined for odd multiples of 90°, therefore for those x values, the graph will not have a point, thus it has asymptotes there.

Tangent is undefined at odd multiples of 90°.

The graphs for sine and cosine both have an amplitude of 1, meaning that the maximum value that the two trigonometric functions can take is 1. They are both 360° periodic, meaning that the graph will be repeated after every 360°. The graph of sine is symmetric about the origin, since the graph is flipped over both the x-axis and the y-axis. This means that for every x value with a corresponding value of y, −x matches to −y.

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The graph of tangent is 180° periodic. The graph passes through the origin and tends to infinity both in the positive and the negative direction, and thus its amplitude is undefined. Since tangent is undefined for odd multiples of 90°, at these values of x, the graph of tangent has asymptotes.

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The graphs for sine and cosine both have an amplitude of 1, meaning that the maximum value that the two trigonometric functions can take is 1. They are both 360° periodic, meaning that the graph will be repeated after every 360°. The cosine graph is symmetric over the y-axis, since when it is flipped across it, the two halves of the graph match up.

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The sine graph is 180° periodic, meaning that it repeats itself when 180° passes.

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