standard_description: Understand that a function is a rule that assigns to each input exactly one output. The graph of a function is the set of ordered pairs consisting of an input and the corresponding output. (Function notation is not required in Grade 8.)
problem_activity: Problem 1
The average monthly temperature, in degrees Celsius, in a coastal city in the United States is periodic and can be modeled with the equation
$${y=-8\mathrm{cos}\left((x-1)\left(\pi\over6\right)\right)+17.5}$$
, where
$$x$$
represents the month,
$$x=1$$
represents January, and
$$y$$
represents the average temperature in degrees Celsius.
Below is the graph of the equation.
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A tourist wants to visit the city when the average temperature is closest to 25℃. What recommendations would you make regarding when the tourist should travel?
Problem 2
Do the activity
Burning Daylight
by Desmos. Skip slides 6 and 7.


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