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Graphs of Sine and Cosine · Medium problem

What is the phase (horizontal) shift of y=32cos⁡(12x+π2)−1y = \dfrac{3}{2}\cos\left(\dfrac{1}{2}x + \dfrac{\pi}{2}\right) - 1 relative to y=cos⁡xy = \cos x? Give the signed shift as an exact multiple of π\pi (positive means to the right).