SOLUTION: DEar Sir/Madam, Please help me in solving this problem, I am not much familiar with finding the range of values of k. The problem is: Find the range of values of k so that the

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Question 767720: DEar Sir/Madam,
Please help me in solving this problem, I am not much familiar with finding the range of values of k. The problem is: Find the range of values of k so that the equation x^2+2kx+3/4 - k will not intersect the y-axis? Thank you very much for your help!

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


There are no real number values of such that . For any quadratic function of the form , the -intercept is

Since the real values of -coordinates of points on the -axis are in the range , and , there is no possible value of such that does not map to some available .

By the way, be careful with your terminology. is NOT an equation. Equations have equals signs in them; hence the name.

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