SOLUTION: Hello could you pls help Find the values of p for which the equation {{{ (1-2p)x^2+8px-(2+8p)=0 }}} has one solution.

SOLUTION: Hello could you pls help Find the values of p for which the equation {{{ (1-2p)x^2+8px-(2+8p)=0 }}} has one solution.

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Question 1019658: Hello could you pls help
Find the values of p for which the equation has one solution.
Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
For the quadratic equation to have only one solution, the discriminant
must be equal to 0.
Hence,

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==> 1+2p = 0
==> p = -1/2.
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