SOLUTION: The discriminate of 5+x^2=3x is given by the formula?

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Question 1044467: The discriminate of 5+x^2=3x is given by the formula?
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The discriminate of 5+x^2=3x is given by the formula?
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Write the quadratic equation in the standard form

x%5E2+-+3x+%2B+5 = 0


and then write the discriminant as d = b%5E2+-+4ac, where b = -3, a = 1 and c = 5:

d = (-3)^2 - 4*1*5 = 9 - 20 = -11.