Tim would like to compare the climate of Sydney, Australia, to the climates of t

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Tim would like to compare the climate of Sydney, Australia, to the climates of the other 3 cities. He collects data for the day of the year t and the average daily high temperature H in degrees Fahrenheit. As before, t = 0 represents January 1, and t = 364 represents December 31. Use your graphing calculator to perform a sinusoidal regression on the data. Write the function in the form a sin(bt + c) + d. Round off a and d to 2 decimal places, and b and c to 4 decimal places. Circle the letters) of all statements that would accurately describe the climate of Sydney in comparison to the other cities. Remember that summer in the Southern Hemisphere is the months of December, January, and February. Similar temperature to Buenos Aires, but hotter in the summer. Similar temperature to Buenos Aires, but cooler in the summer.

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Solution: Osaka H(t) =12.06 sin (0.0199 x -90.31) + 69

t              15          74        135           196    258    319

H(t)   58.28        59.76         73.03          81.05          73.16           59.85                           Ans.

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