How to write function in standard form

Multiply it out.
  f(x) = (2x +1)(x² -1) . . . . . . recognize the factoring of the difference of squares
  f(x) = 2x³ +x² -2x -1

The standard form:

Use:

Period is the time it takes for one “cycle” to complete. in the parent sine function, period is 2*pi since sin(0) = 0, sin(pi/2) = 1, sin(pi) = 0, sin(3pi/2) = -1, and sin(2pi) = 0. at that point, the sequence repeats itself. i’m not sure if your graph is similar to the sine function since you didn’t provide a picture, but you can find the period by looking at a graph.