Can someone to point me in the right direction for this math problem I have on my homework? I don't know where to begin on this.
The elk population in a certain region is given by the function E(t) = 1050 + 120sin(2t/5), where time is t measured in years. What is the largest number of elk present in the region at anytime?
Hints:
What is the maximum value of $\sin x$? Then, what is the maximum value of $\sin(2t/5)$? Next, what is the maximum value of $120\sin(2t/5)$? Finally, what is the maximum value of $1050+120\sin(2t/5)$? That is the largest amount of elk present at any time.