Modeling with periodic functions. "Outside temperature over a day" can be modeled as a sinusoidal function. Suppose you know the high temperature for the day is 72 degrees and the low temperature of 38 degrees occurs at 3 AM. Assuming t is the number of hours since midnight, an equation for the temperature, D , in terms of t, D(t) = 55 – 17 cos( (t – 3)). is - - 12 Find the temperature, to the nearest degree, at 1 AM. degrees

Modeling with periodic functions. "Outside temperature over a day" can be modeled as a sinusoidal function. Suppose you know the high temperature for the day is 72 degrees and the low temperature of 38 degrees occurs at 3 AM. Assuming t is the number of hours since midnight, an equation for the temperature, D , in terms of t, D(t) = 55 – 17 cos( (t – 3)). is - - 12 Find the temperature, to the nearest degree, at 1 AM. degrees

Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry

13th Edition

ISBN:9781133382119

Author:Swokowski

Publisher:Swokowski

Chapter4: Polynomial And Rational Functions

Section4.3: Zeros Of Polynomials

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