n a city the number of hours of sunlight on the summer solstice of 2015 was 18.42, and the number if hours of sunlight on the winter solstice was 5.44. (Hint: the summer solstice occurs on the 172nd day of the year and there are 365 days until the next one.)  Find a sinusoidal function of the form y = Asin that models the data.  y = ___sin (___x - ___) + ___

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In a city the number of hours of sunlight on the summer solstice of 2015 was 18.42, and the number if hours of sunlight on the winter solstice was 5.44. (Hint: the summer solstice occurs on the 172nd day of the year and there are 365 days until the next one.) 

Find a sinusoidal function of the form y = Asin that models the data. 

y = ___sin (___x - ___) + ___

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