Table 1.21 gives the average monthly temperatures for St. Louis for a 12-month period starting with January.
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Table 1.21 gives the average monthly temperatures for St. Louis for a 12-month period starting with January. Model the monthly temperature with an equation of the form
y in degrees Fahrenheit, t in months, as follows:
(a) Find the value of b assuming that the period is 12 months.
(b) How is the amplitude a related to the difference 80° - 30°?
(c) Use the information in (b) to find k.
(d) Find h, and write an equation for y.
(e) Superimpose a graph of y on a scatter plot of the data.
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Calculus Graphical, Numerical, Algebraic
ISBN: 9780132014083
3rd Edition
Authors: Ross L. Finney, Franklin D. Demana, Bert K. Waits, Daniel Kennedy
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