Mathville sunrise modeling problem?

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In Mathville, the time for the sunrise for any day during the year can be modeled by the formula;

$$t=1.15\sin\bigg[\frac{2\pi}{365}(d-74)\bigg]+7$$

where $t$ is the time in hours after midnight and $d$ is the number of days in the year (excluding leap year).

What are the earliest and latest sunrise times (in Hr:Min format) during year 1 ?

My approach:

Should I be using the derivative to find the least and the greatest value of $t$, then finding the critical points, and then the second derivative?