According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, in Anchorage, Alaska, the number of hours of sunlight on the summer solstice of 2022 was 19.37, and the number of hours of sunlight on the winter solstice was 5.45.

(a) Find a sinusoidal function of the form

that models the data.

(b) Use the function found in part (a) to predict the number of hours of sunlight on April 1, the 91st day of the year.

(c) Draw a graph of the function found in part (a).

(d) Look up the number of hours of sunlight for April 1 in the Old Farmer’s Almanac, and compare the actual hours of daylight to the results found in part (b).

Transcribed Image Text:

y Asin (wx) + B