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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Explain why a quadratic equation is used to model problems involving finding a maximum or minimum.

OpenStudy (kc_kennylau):

Coz linear ones ain't got no maxima nor minima xD

OpenStudy (kc_kennylau):

And the cubic ones, just too complicated, ain't nobody got time fo' dat!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

because the second derivative is zero for linear equations....and the requirement for findin maximum and minimum is that the second derivative has to be non zero

OpenStudy (kc_kennylau):

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OpenStudy (wolf1728):

Cubics have a graph more like this:

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