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7.6 Exercise 53

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Construct an equation that models the described behavior.

A deer population oscillates 19 above and below average during the year, reaching the lowest value in January. The average population starts at 800 deer and increases by 160 each year. Find a function that models the population, P, P , in terms of months since January, t. t .

OpenStax Precalculus 2e, 7.6 Modeling with Trigonometric Functions, exercise 53

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