QuestionAn air conditioner cools a home when the outside temperature is about 78 EdegF. During the summer you can model the outside temperature in degrees Fahrenheit using the function where is the number of hours past midnight. During what hours is the air conditioner cooling the home? Round the hour to nearest tenth.
Time format is a 24 hour clock, please pay attention to notes beside answer boxes (for auto-grading purposes).
The air conditioner comes on approximately hours after midnight or
A.M. (enter answer as h:mm *do not put a zero in front of the hour for answers like: 3:25, do NOT enter as 03:25)
By the symmetry of the graph, it goes off about hours before midnight or P.M. (enter answer as hh:mm *for an answer like 7:15 pm enter using 24 hour format as: 19:15)
Studdy Solution
Interpret the solution in terms of time:
1. The air conditioner comes on approximately 8.8 hours after midnight, which is:
2. By symmetry, it goes off approximately 15.2 hours after midnight, which is:
The air conditioner comes on approximately hours after midnight or .
By the symmetry of the graph, it goes off about hours after midnight or .
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