SOLUTION: What is the value of the discriminant? 3x^2+10x-7=0 Also, what is the nature of the solutions? Are there 2 real solutions, 1 real solution, or 2 imaginary solutions?

Question 222398: What is the value of the discriminant?
3x^2+10x-7=0
Also, what is the nature of the solutions? Are there 2 real solutions, 1 real solution, or 2 imaginary solutions?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Solved by pluggable solver: Computing the Discriminant

From we can see that , , and

Start with the discriminant formula.

Plug in , , and

Square to get

Multiply to get

Rewrite as

Add to to get

Since the discriminant is greater than zero, this means that there are two real solutions.

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