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A changing gradient makes a curve - Paper 4

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Curve rule: y = 2x^2 - 2 for real x. Square x before multiplying or adding. Opposite x-values have equal squares, so this curve is symmetric about the y-axis. A table helps show why its gradient is not constant. These positive coefficients put the minimum at x = 0.

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