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Tides The length of time between consecutive high tides is 12 hours and 25 minutes.According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, on Saturday, July 25, 2009, in Charleston, South Carolina, high tide occurred at 11:30 AM (11.5 hours) and low tide occurred at 5:31 PM (17.5167 hours).Water heights are measured as the amounts above or below the mean lower low water.The height of the water at high tide was 5.84 feet, and the height of the water at low tide was -0.37 foot. (a) Approximately when will the next high tide occur? (b) Find a sinusoidal function of the form that models the data. (c) Use the function found in part (b) to predict the height of the water at 3 PM on July 25, 2009.
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The first step in solving 7.8 problem number 33 trying to solve the problem we have to refer to the textbook question: Tides The length of time between consecutive high tides is 12 hours and 25 minutes.According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, on Saturday, July 25, 2009, in Charleston, South Carolina, high tide occurred at 11:30 AM (11.5 hours) and low tide occurred at 5:31 PM (17.5167 hours).Water heights are measured as the amounts above or below the mean lower low water.The height of the water at high tide was 5.84 feet, and the height of the water at low tide was -0.37 foot. (a) Approximately when will the next high tide occur? (b) Find a sinusoidal function of the form that models the data. (c) Use the function found in part (b) to predict the height of the water at 3 PM on July 25, 2009.
From the textbook chapter Phase Shift; Sinusoidal Curve Fitting you will find a few key concepts needed to solve this.
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