SOLUTION: what is a discriminat?

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Question 180285: what is a discriminat?
Answer by Mathtut(3670) About Me  (Show Source):
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In an equation of the form Ax%5E2%2BBx%2BC=0 the discrimanant is defined as
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b%5E2-4ac
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It helps provide usefull information regarding roots of the equation