Fill in the blanks. One period of a sine or cosine function function is called one ________ of the sine curve or cosine curve.
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Fuel Consumption The daily consumption (in gallons) of diesel fuel on a farm is modeled by where is the time (in days), with corresponding to January 1. (a) What is the period of the model? Is it what you expected? Explain. (b) What is the average daily fuel consumption? Which term of the model did you use? Explain. (c) Use a graphing utility to graph the model. Use the graph to approximate the time of the year when consumption exceeds 40 gallons per day. 8
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The first step in solving 4.5 problem number 84 trying to solve the problem we have to refer to the textbook question: Fuel Consumption The daily consumption (in gallons) of diesel fuel on a farm is modeled by where is the time (in days), with corresponding to January 1. (a) What is the period of the model? Is it what you expected? Explain. (b) What is the average daily fuel consumption? Which term of the model did you use? Explain. (c) Use a graphing utility to graph the model. Use the graph to approximate the time of the year when consumption exceeds 40 gallons per day. 8
From the textbook chapter Graphs of Sine and Cosine Functions you will find a few key concepts needed to solve this.
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