SOLUTION: State the value of the descriminant & describe the nature of the roots in 5x^2=4x+6

Question 300627: State the value of the descriminant & describe the nature of the roots in 5x^2=4x+6
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given equation.

Get every term to the left side.

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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