Maximum/Minimum Problems

Word problems taht can be reduced to a quadratic can be solved using our knowledge of the quadratic function and its graph

Maxima & Minima

Optimisation problems can be solved without actually drawing the graph by using ideas of calculus.

Quadratic functions theory can be used when finding the minimum or maximum in problems that can be reduced to quadratic functions.

Optimisation problems can be solved using calculus and the finding the location of stationary points.

Reducing problems to a quadratic function makes maximum/minimum problems as easy as finding the vertex.