1. Modeling with Periodic Functions
6.2.3
Modeling with Periodic Functions

2. 6-92
Briele and Elaine always travel to Sunset Beach together for their summer vacation. Through the years, they return to the same section of beach and spend their time around the pier. Elaine has noticed that the water rises and falls on the posts of the pier. She thinks the height of the water could be described as a sinusoidal function of time. Brielle was snorkeling and noticed that the pier posts are slimy up to the lowest level of the tide, which was 2 feet for this particular post. Since Brielle and Elaine were on vacation, they had nothing better to do and found out there was a low point on the post at eight o’clock in the morning and a high point 40 inches higher at two o’clock in the afternoon. Find an equation for the height of the water relative to the post as a function of time from 12 o’clock midnight.

3. 6-92
a) At 11:30 a.m. the girls wanted to take a walk on the beach but decided to wait until high tide. What was the height of the water at 11:30 a.m.? b) Brielle’s little brother Sean is 2 feet 7 inches tall. When is the first time after 8:00 a.m. that the water will be “over his head” if he plays right next to the post?

4. 6-93 #1
Lamaj rode his bike over a piece of gum. Lamaj continued riding his bike at a constant rate. At time t = 1.25 seconds, the gum was at a maximum height above the ground and 1 second later the gum was at a minimum. If the wheel diameter is 68 cm, find a trigonometric equation that will find the height of the gum in centimeters at any time t.

5. 6-93 #2
a) Find the height of the gum when Lamaj gets to the corner at t = 15.6 seconds, assuming he maintains a constant speed. b) Find the first and second time the gum reaches a height of 12 cm while Lamaj is riding at a constant rate.