SOLUTION: I don't quite understand what the question is asking. Could you help me solve this problem? Directions: Logical Reasoning - Consider the equations {{{ ax^2 + bx + c=0}}} and

Question 581080: I don't quite understand what the question is asking. Could you help me solve this problem?
Directions: Logical Reasoning - Consider the equations and use the quadratic formula to justify the statement.
If is positive, then the equation has two solutions.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The quadratic formula is:

It applies to the general quadratic equation:

You can see there is a " +- " before the
square root sign. That means there are 2 solutions:

and

If the term is zero,
then and there is 1 solution
but if this term is positive, then
and are different and there will be 2 solutions
Hope this helps

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