A group of rowdy teenagers near a wind turbine decide to place a pair of pink shorts on the tip of one blade, they notice the shorts are at its maximum height of 16 meters at a and it’s minimum height of 2 meters at s. Determine the equation of the sinusoidal function that describes the height of the shorts in terms of time.

Determine the height of the shorts exactly t=10 minutes, to the nearest tenth of a meter

The equation of the sinusoidal function is 7 × sin((π/15)·(x - 2.5)) + 9

Question: The likely missing parameters in the question are;

The time at which the shorts are at the maximum height, t₁ = 10 seconds

The time at which the shorts are at the minimum height, t₂ = 25 seconds

Where;

A = The amplitude

The period, T = 2·π/B

The horizontal shift = h

The vertical shift = k

The parent equation of the sine function = sin(x)

We find the values of the variables, A, B, h, and k as follows;

The given parameters of the sinusoidal function are;

The maximum height = 16 meters at time t₁ = 10 seconds

The minimum height = 2 meters at time t₂ = 25 seconds

The time it takes the shorts to complete a cycle, (maximum height to maximum height), the period, T = 2 × (t₂ - t₁)

∴ T = 2 × (25 - 10) = 30

The amplitude, A = (Maximum height- Minimum height)/2

∴ A = (16 m - 2 m)/2 = 7 m

The amplitude of the motion, A = 7 meters

T = 2·π/B

∴ B = 2·π/T

T = 30 seconds

∴ B = 2·π/30 = π/15

B = π/15

At t = 10, y = Maximum

Therefore;

sin(B(x - h)) = Maximum, which gives; (B(x - h)) = π/2

Plugging in B = π/15, and t = 10, gives;

((π/15)·(10 - h)) = π/2

10 - h = (π/2) × (15/π) = 7.5

h = 10 - 7.5 = 2.5

h = 2.5

The minimum value of a sinusoidal function, having a centerline of which is on the x-axis, and which has an amplitude, A, is -A

Therefore, the minimum value of the motion of the turbine blades before, the vertical shift = -A = -7

The given minimum value = 2

The vertical shift, k = 2 - (-7) = 9

Therefore, k = 9

Therefore;

The equation of the sinusoidal function is 7 × sin((π/15)·(x - 2.5)) + 9

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