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The temperature θ∘C inside a refrigerator at time thours is modeled by the function

θ=12cos⁡t(cos⁡t−sin⁡t)+t2,0<t<3.5

Find the maximum and minimum temperature in the refrigerator as t varies.


Don't expand the bracket - treat cos⁡t−sin⁡t as a function, and 12cos⁡t as a function, and apply the product rule.

Differentiate the t2 separately.


The maximum temperature is T, the minimum temperature is τ.

The value of T+τ can be written in simplest form as

aπ+bc,a,b,c∈N

Find a+b+c.