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Can you solve these problems?

Use your graphing utility and the techniques you have learned to solve each of these problems on your own.

A nail is stuck in a car's tire. The position of the nail with respect to the ground (in inches) is represented by the function y=18cos(2x)+18, with time in x seconds. When does the nail reach a height of 34 inches on the interval 0<x<4?

nail stuck in a car’s tire

The nail reaches a height of 34 inches off the ground at 1.33 seconds and 1.809 seconds during the interval from 0 to 4 seconds.

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