The temperature at 9 AM is approximately 10 degrees. Neither of the answers are correct. (Correct choice: E)
What is the temperature of a place at a given time?
Sinusoids are expressions with trascendent functions, to be more specfic, trigonometric functions, whose form is described below:
T(t) = A · sin (2π · t / T + C) + B (1)
Where:
- A - Temperature amplitude, in degrees.
- B - Middle temperature, in degrees.
- T - Period, in hours.
- C - Angular phase, in radians.
The temperature amplitude and the middle temperature can be found by the following expressions:
A = (t' - t'') / 2 (2)
B = (t' + t'') / 2 (3)
Where t' and t'' are maximum and minimum temperatures, in degrees.
Then, we proceed to find each constant of the sinusoidal model:
A = (45 - 7) / 2
A = 38 / 2
A = 19
B = (45 + 7) / 2
B = 52 / 2
B = 26
We assume a period of 24 hours (T = 24).
If we know that t = 0, T = 24, A = 19, B = 26, T(t) = 7, then the angular phase is:
7 = 19 · sin [(π / 12) · 0 + C] + 26
- 19 = 19 · sin C
sin C = - 1
C = π
T(t) = 19 · sin (π · t / 12 + π) + 26
Then, the temperature at 9 AM is: (t = 4)
T(4) = 19 · sin (π · 4 / 12 + π) + 26
T(4) ≈ 9.545
The temperature at 9 AM is approximately 10 degrees. Neither of the answers are correct. (Correct choice: E)
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