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: Please help me answer: (((In the equation ax^2+bx+c=0, the value of b^2-4ac is called the discriminant of the quadratic equation. What does the value tell you about the real roots of the equation?))) This question is from textbook algebra sturcture and method

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Two real and unequal roots.

Two real and equal roots. Alternatively, one root with a multiplicity of two.

A conjugate pair of complex roots of the form where is the imaginary number defined by

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