This document discusses using a sinusoidal equation to predict sunrise times for a town in Saskatchewan throughout the year based on the latest sunrise of 9:15am on December 21 and earliest sunrise of 3:15am on June 21. It provides questions to sketch the sinusoidal graph, write equations using sine and cosine, predict the sunrise time on April 6, calculate the average sunrise time, and determine dates when sunrise is at 7:00am.
9. Trigonometric Modeling
and Transformations
An Example
For a Saskatchewan town
the latest sunrise is on Dec
21 at 9:15 am. The earliest
sunrise is on June 21 at 3:15
am. Sunrise times on other
dates can be predicted using
a sinusoidal equation.
Note: There is no daylight
savings time in Morning at Swiftcurrent Lake
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Saskatchewan.
a) Sketch the graph of the sinusoidal function described above.
b) Write 2 equations for the function; one using sine the other cosine.
c) Use one of the equations in (b) to predict the time of sunrise on April 6.
d) What is the average sunrise time throughout the year?
e) On what days will the sunrise at 7:00am?
10. Trigonometric Modeling and
Transformations
An Example
For a Saskatchewan town the
latest sunrise is on Dec 21 at
9:15 am. The earliest sunrise
is on June 21 at 3:15 am.
Sunrise times on other dates
can be predicted using a
sinusoidal equation.
Note: There is no daylight
savings time in Saskatchewan.
a) Sketch the graph of the sinusoidal function described above.
b) Write 2 equations for the function; one using sine the other cosine.
c) Use one of the equations in (b) to predict the time of sunrise on April 6.
d) What is the average sunrise time throughout the year?
e) On what days will the sunrise at 7:00am?
11. a) Sketch the graph of the sinusoidal function described above.
12. b) Write 2 equations for the function; one using sine the other cosine.
13. c) Use one of the equations in (b) to predict the time of sunrise on April 6.
d) What is the average sunrise time throughout the year?
e) On what days will the sunrise at 7:00am?
14. d) What is the average sunrise time throughout the year?