SOLUTION: Sketch a narrow parabola that spills water and hasa turning point of (0,3). Will this parabola have real or complex roots?

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Question 479182: Sketch a narrow parabola that spills water and hasa turning point of (0,3). Will this parabola have real or complex roots?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20059) About Me  (Show Source):
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It will have real roots because it crosses the x-axis. You can
see that it crosses the x-axis at the two points indicated which 
are about (-1.7,0) and (1.7,0) so the roots are about 
x=-1.7 and x=1.7.

Edwin