document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=164960>Question 164960</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9780073533490/algebrahomeworkh>Elementary and Intermediate</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 42.) Find b^2 – 4ac and the number of real solutions to each equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "9m^2+16=24m<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b=-24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a=9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c=16<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since b^2-4ac=0, there are two coincident real roots.<BR>\n" );
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