Outside temperature over a day can be modeled as a sinusoidal function. Suppose you know the high temperature of 83 degrees occurs at 5 PM and the average temperature for the day is 75 degrees. Assuming t is the number of hours since midnight, find an equation for the temperature, D, in terms of t. D(t) =

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Outside temperature over a day can be modeled as a sinusoidal function. Suppose you know the high temperature of 83 degrees occurs at 5 PM and the average temperature for the day is 75 degrees. Assuming t is the number of hours since midnight, find an equation for the temperature, D, in terms of t.

D(t) =

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