Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305071751
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-175-9

Chapter 7 - Section 7.5 - More Trigonometric Equations - 7.5 Exercises - Page 575: 67

Answer

(a) $34$ days and $308$ days (b) $275$ days.

Work Step by Step

(a) Let $L(t)=10$, we have $12+2.83sin(\frac{2\pi}{365}(t-80))=10$ or $sin(\frac{2\pi}{365}(t-80))=-0.7067$ Since $0\leq t\leq365$, we have $-1.37\leq\frac{2\pi}{365}(t-80)\leq4.91$, thus $\frac{2\pi}{365}(t-80)=sin^{-1}(-0.7067)\approx-0.785, 3.93$ which gives $t\approx34$ days and $308$ days (b) Test a few days between 34 and 308, we can see that $L(t)\gt10$, so the number of days of the year having more than 10 h of daylight lie between 34 and 308, which gives $308-34+1=275$ days.
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