SOLUTION: Use the discriminant to determine whether the following equations have solutions that are: two different rational solutions; two different irrational solutions; exactly one rationa

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Question 544834: Use the discriminant to determine whether the following equations have solutions that are: two different rational solutions; two different irrational solutions; exactly one rational solution; or two different imaginary solutions.
8x2 + 2x + 4 = 0 (Points : 10)
Two different irrational solutions
Two different imaginary solutions
Exactly one rational solution
Two different rational solutions
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Use the discriminant to determine whether the following equations have solutions that are: two different rational solutions; two different irrational solutions; exactly one rational solution; or two different imaginary solutions.
8x2 + 2x + 4 = 0
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b^2-4ac = 2^2-4*8*4 < 0
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Ans: Two different imaginary solutions
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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