Outside temperature over a day can be modeled as a sinusoidal function. Suppose you know the temperature is 80 degrees at midnight and the high and low temperature during the day are 97 and 63 degrees, respectively. Assuming t is the number of hours since midnight, find an equation for the temperature, D, in terms of t.

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Outside temperature over a day can be modeled as a
sinusoidal function. Suppose you know the temperature is 80
degrees at midnight and the high and low temperature
during the day are 97 and 63 degrees, respectively. Assuming
t is the number of hours since midnight, find an equation for
the temperature, D, in terms of t.
D(t) =
Transcribed Image Text:Outside temperature over a day can be modeled as a sinusoidal function. Suppose you know the temperature is 80 degrees at midnight and the high and low temperature during the day are 97 and 63 degrees, respectively. 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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