SOLUTION: 2 different rational solutions, 2 different irrational solutions,exactly one rational solution or 2 different imaginary solutions??
x^2 - 12x + 34 = 0
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x^2 - 12x + 34 = 0
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Calculate the discriminant:
, where 
, 
, and 
are the lead, 1st degree, and constant coefficients of the quadratic equation in standard form. Then:
Two real and unequal roots. If the discriminant is a perfect square, then the roots are rational, otherwise they ar e irrational.
One real root with a multiplicity of two. That is to say that the trinomial is a perfect square and has two identical factors.
A conjugate pair of complex roots of the form 
where 
is the imaginary number defined by 
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