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Question 151467: I am having trouble understanding if some quadratic equations can have one real and one imaginary solution? Is that possible?
: I am having trouble understanding if some quadratic equations can have one real and one imaginary solution? Is that possible?

Answer by nerdybill(1045) About Me  (Show Source):
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NO, it is NOT possible.
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Consider the quadratic equation:
(-b +- sqrt(b^2 - 4ac))/2a
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Notice that we get our TWO solutions of a quadratic from the +- portion.
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Now, let's focus our attention on (the term after the +-):
sqrt(b^2 - 4ac)
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Notice that if:
4ac is greater than b^2 then we will have to take the square root of a NEGATIVE number -- creating an imaginary solution. Once this is the case BOTH solutions will be imaginary.