document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=3232>Question 3232</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How can you use the discriminant if a quadratic polynomial can be factored? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "the dicriminate is used to find out how many real or imaginary solutions there are in a quadratic polynomial...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the equation for this is ... b^2-4ac...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "if you find out that the quadratic can be factored, then go ahead...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "but if there are imaginary solutions, it is better to use the quadratic equation..(-b plus or minus the sqrt of [b^2-4ac] all over 2a ... </SPAN>\n" );
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