What is the range of the function ?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: C.

  1. Step 1: takes every value from to , so lies in .
  2. Step 2: Adding 1 shifts the interval up by 1, giving .
Answer
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Why not the others: ignores the vertical translation; ignores the negative half of the sine wave; the 3 inside the sine changes the period, not the range.

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