CEMC Euclid, 2001

Algebra Difficulty 2.0 Junior Prove it Canada

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

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