Discriminant of a Quadratic Equation

Discriminant of a Quadratic Equation

Examine how the discriminant reveals the number of real solutions in a quadratic equation.


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What does the graph of a quadratic look like with 2 real solutions? 1 real solution? No real solutions?

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What value(s) of the discriminant result in 2 real solutions? 1 real solution? No real solutions?

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Write a quadratic equation with a discriminant of .

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The discriminant of the equation is . Is this correct? If not, calculate the discriminant of this equation.

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