document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=174664>Question 174664</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9781567655568/algebrahomeworkh>Amsco's Preparing for the Regents Examination Mathematics B</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 9) If the roots of a quadratic equation are real, irrational, and unequal, which of the following might be the discriminant of that equation?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a) -9   (b) 0  (c) 14  (d) 25\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a) -9 (b) 0 (c) 14 (d) 25 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If it's -9, they'd be complex, not real, so a is out.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If it's 0, they'd be equal, so b is out.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If it's 25, that's 5 squared, so they'd be integers or rational, so that's out.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That leaves c, 14.<BR>\n" );
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