Use a sine function to describe the height of the tides of the ocean if the high tides raises the water level to 5 m and at noon a low tide drops it down to 1m at 4 pm. Let t=0 be 12 noon.

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Problem 1RE: 1. Give the measures of the complement and the supplement of an angle measuring 35°.
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1. Use a sine function to describe the height of the tides of the ocean if the high tides raises the water level to 5 m and at noon a low tide drops it down to 1m at 4 pm. Let t=0 be 12 noon. 

2. A broken clock has an hour hand that spins twice as fast as it should. Model the height of the broken clock's hour hand using sin function with thehand starting at 12 if the hand is 4 cm long and the axle is 144 cm off the ground. 

3. a mouse wheel is 16 cm on diameter and the base of the wheel is 2 cm off the ground. If the hamsters can spin the wheel 4 times each second, what is the sine function that describe sthe movement of the wheel if it starts at its lowest point? 

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