A Min Range of a Shifting Quadratic

Problem

Let f(x)=ax22016x+2017f(x)=ax^2-2016x+2017 (a>0a>0). On the interval [t1,t+1][t-1,t+1], let M(t)M(t) and m(t)m(t) be the maximum and minimum of f(x)f(x), and let h(t)=M(t)m(t)h(t)=M(t)-m(t). If the minimum value of h(t)h(t) is 11, find aa.

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Difficulty7/10
Topicsfunctions, Quadratic Equations, Extrema, algebra

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