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Data Analysis: Astronomy  The percent y (in decimal form) of the moon’s face illuminated o...

Data Analysis: Astronomy  The percent y (in decimal form) of the moon’s face illuminated on day x in the year 2014, where x = 1 represents January 1, is shown in the table. (Source: U.S. Naval Observatory)

(a) Create a scatter plot of the data.


(b) Find a trigonometric model that fits the data.


(c) Add the graph of your model in part (b) to the scatter plot. How well does the model fit the data?


(d) What is the period of the model?


(e) Estimate the percent of the moon’s face illuminated on March 12, 2014.

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