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Algebra Difficulty 2.0 Junior Prove it Canada

If f(t)=sin(πtπ2)f(t)=\sin\left(\pi t-\frac{\pi}{2}\right), what is the smallest positive value of tt at which f(t)f(t) attains its minimum value?

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