Why is the temporary tonic in an applied chord (minor key) actually a V (major)? Ex. For the home key of C minor, the temporary tonic chord is G major instead of G minor.

Idk but maybe a camera?

If your choices are: -cropping  -anti-aliasing-imperfection-contrastdownsampling is done to decrease the bit rate when transmitting over a limited bandwidth or to convert to a more limited audio format. this is the opposite of upsampling. so the answer is contrast.