TRIG PROBLEM: Help me solve this, please. I will give Brainliest! Please show all work. I have no idea where to start :(

Let's start with part a, finding the maximum and minimum.

Answer a: Max temp is -5 C on day 200.  Min temp is -79 C on day 500.

Sine model.

We're looking for a model

T(n) = A sin( ωn - p ) + o

where T(n) is the estimated temperature on day n, A the amplitude of the variation, omega the radial frequency of variation, p a phase shift and o an offset, the average temperature.

Averaging min and max gives -42 C; that's the offset, what we get when the sine is zero.  o = -42 C.

That's pretty close to the value on day 0 so we'll just use a sine function without any phase shift, p = 0.

Subtracting min from max gives a total span of 74 C degrees, so a sinusoidal amplitude that's half that, A = 37 C.

From max to min is a half period, or about a half period since we're only seeing every 100 days.  That's 300 days, so a full cycle about every 600 days.

We want the argument to sine to go from 0 to 2pi as we complete a single period, 600 days,  So when n=600 this term must be 2π, so it's of the form

ωn = 2 π n / 600.

Putting it all together we get our model:

Answer b: T(n) = 37 sin(2 π n / 600) - 42

We already estimated the period at 600 days.  That's a full year.

Answer c: 600 days

We can see a full period is closer to 700 days (compare day 500 and day 1200, and also day 600 and day 1300) and the phase shift might need adjusting, but I think we pretty much did as they asked so I'll stop here.

option a is correct.

step-by-step explanation:

scale factor: it is used to find proportional measurements.

proportions means having the same ratio.

scale factor is the ratio of the model measurement to the actual measurement in a simplest form.

or we can say that the ratio of any two corresponding lengths in two similar geometric figures

if the scale factor is more than 1, then it is an enlargement,

if the scale factor less than 1, then it is a reduction.

given the two geometric figure:

by definition of proportions, we have