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Graphs of Sine and Cosine · Medium problem

What is the phase (horizontal) shift of y=52cos⁡(13x−π3)−2y = \dfrac{5}{2}\cos\left(\dfrac{1}{3}x - \dfrac{\pi}{3}\right) - 2 relative to y=cos⁡xy = \cos x? Give the signed shift as an exact multiple of π\pi (positive means to the right).