SOLUTION: The population of a certain species of deer can be modeled by the funtion p=30.000+20.000cos( pin/10(t)),where p is the population and t is the time in years 1) What is the ampl

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Question 401635: The population of a certain species of deer can be modeled by the funtion p=30.000+20.000cos( pin/10(t)),where p is the population and t is the time in years
1) What is the amplitude of the population and what does it represent?
2) What is the prriod of the fution and what does it represent?

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The population of a certain species of deer can be modeled by the funtion p=30.000+20.000cos( pi/10(t)),where p is the population and t is the time in years
1) What is the amplitude of the population and what does it represent?
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Amp = 20,000 represents the highest variation in the deer population.
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2) What is the period of the function and what does it represent?
Period = (2pi)/(pi/10) = 20
reprsents the time in years between peak population numbers.
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Cheers,
Stan H.