Use a Graphing Device to Find the Maximum and Minimum $y = \cos x - \frac { 1 } { 2 } \cos 2 x$

question 107

Multiple Choice

Use a graphing device to find the maximum and minimum values of the function $y = \cos x - \frac { 1 } { 2 } \cos 2 x$

• A)maximum value: \(\frac { 4 } { 3 }\)
• , minimum value: \(0\)
• B)maximum value: \(\frac { 3 } { 4 }\)
• , minimum value: \(- 1\)
• C)maximum value: \(\frac { 3 } { 4 }\)
• , minimum value: \(- \frac { 3 } { 2 }\)
• D)maximum value: \(\frac { 3 } { 4 }\)
• , minimum value: \(- \frac { 4 } { 3 }\)
• E) none of these

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Basic Physical Need

A basic physical need refers to fundamental requirements for human survival, such as food, water, shelter, and sleep.

Discriminative Stimulus

A stimulus in the presence of which a particular response is reinforced, and in the absence of which that response is not reinforced, in the context of operant conditioning.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and disappearance of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus.

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