SOLUTION: Use the discriminant to determine whether the following equations have solutions that are: two different rational solutions; two different irrational solutions; exactly one rationa

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Question 387698: Use the discriminant to determine whether the following equations have solutions that are: two different rational solutions; two different irrational solutions; exactly one rational solution; or two different imaginary solutions.
2x2 + 6x – 7 = 0

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b%5E2+-+4%2Aa%2Ac+=+6%5E2+-+4%2A2%2A-7+=+92+%3E0. Hence there are two distinct real roots for the quadratic equation.