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 ...

Here we are adding \(a\) to the whole function. The addition of the value \(a\) represents a vertical translation in the graph. If \(a\) is positive, the graph translates upwards. If \(a\) is ...