In this part you do not have to sketch the graph and you may even be given the sketch of the graph to start with. For a quadratic equation of the form \(y = k{(x - a)^2} + b\), the following diagram ...

Below is the graph of a quadratic function, showing where the function is increasing and decreasing. If we draw in the tangents to the curve, you will notice that if the gradient of the tangent is ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract N jobs are to be sequenced on a single machine, each job carrying a penalty cost which is a quadratic function of its completion time. The ...