Why does Solve give a blank result?

Question

m[t_] := -50 Sin[0.214068 (t - 35.1493)] + 50
Solve[-50 Sin[0.214068 (t - 35.1493)] + 50 == 100 && 
  0 <= t <= 365, t, Reals]

Out[288]= {}

Answer 1

Make the numbers exact:

m[t_]:=-50 Sin[0.214068 (t-35.1493)]+50;
Solve[Rationalize[m[t]]==100&&0<=t<=365,t,Reals]

Solve should really be used with exact numbers. Otherwise, use NSolve

 NSolve[m[t] == 100 && 0 <= t <= 365, t, Reals]

Answer 2

The use of Reduce instead of Solve does the job.

Reduce[-50 *Sin[0.214068 *(t - 35.1493)] + 50 == 100 && 0 <= t <= 365, t, Reals] // Simplify

C[1] \[Element] Integers && ((0 <= C[1] <= 11. && t == 27.8115 + 29.3514 C[1]) || (-1. <= C[1] <= 10. && t == 57.1628 + 29.3514 C[1]))

The output shows that each root has multiplicity two. The Reals domain in the above may be omitted.