The temperature at various times on a summer day at a resort in southern California ...
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The temperature at various times on a summer day at a resort in southern California is given in the following table. The variable t is the number of minutes after 6:00 A.M., and the variable T is the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit. t (min) T (°F) 20 57 40 64 80 72 120 80 160 81 200 85 240 85 280 90 320 85 360 85 400 78 (a) Find a quadratic model for these data. (Round your coefficients to five decimal places. T = (b) Use the model to predict the temperature at 1:00 P.M. Round to the nearest tenth of a degree. °F
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The quadratic model is y = -0.00049x^2 + 0.25752x + ...
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