On a certain spring day with 12 hours of daylight, the light intensity I takes on its largest value of 610 calories/cm^2 at midday. If t = 0 corresponds to sunrise, find a formula I = a sin bt, where t is in hours and a is in calories/cm2, that fits this information.

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The sin bt can only take values between one and zero (definition of sin)The maximum of sin bt must be on at 1, when the maximum value of I occurs. Divide l = 610 by 1 to get a = 610.

If sin bt is equal to 1, the inverse sin will give us a value of bt = 90 degrees ( the value will be different from radians, bt = 1.57). assume the midday is the halfway point of the 12 hours of daylight, t = 90/6 = 15.
Therefore l = 610 sin 15 t where t is hours after sunrise. 
If I understand your problem correctly.