The population of fish in a pond can be modeled with the following sinusoidal function, where t is the number of years after 1969. To the nearest whole number, what was the population in the year 1976? Note that t is a real number (radians)

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The population of fish in a pond can be modeled with the following sinusoidal function, where t is the number of years after 1969. To the nearest whole number, what was the population in the year 1976? Note that t is a real number (radians) 

P = 5000 cos () + 44000
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Transcribed Image Text:P = 5000 cos () + 44000 10
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