SOLUTION: Give an example of a quadratic equation with exactly one real solution

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Question 325958: Give an example of a quadratic equation with exactly one real solution
Found 2 solutions by Edwin McCravy, solver91311:
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

That's when the two solutions happen to be the same number.

Suppose the two solutions were both -3, and we had solved it.
Then we'd end up with this:



Before that we would have had:



Before that we would have had:



Before that we would have had



or



Edwin
Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


If a quadratic equation has a root , then the polynomial must have a factor of . If it has only one real solution, then it must have two identical solutions and therefore two factors of , which is to say , or expressed in standard form:




John
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