SOLUTION: Find the smallest integral value of c that will produce imaginary roots in the equation: 4x^2-7x+c=0

SOLUTION: Find the smallest integral value of c that will produce imaginary roots in the equation: 4x^2-7x+c=0

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Question 844058: Find the smallest integral value of c that will produce imaginary roots in the equation: 4x^2-7x+c=0
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Look at the discriminant,

For complex roots, the discriminant is negative.

so the next integer value is
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Shown are graphs of (Red) with real roots and (Green) with no real roots.
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