document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=325815>Question 325815</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what does it mean when they say what is the discriminate for the problem 7x^2-8x+5=0 I am totally totally lost.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Discriminate is as follows:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In the quadratic formula below b^2-4ac is the discriminate.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = (-b +- sqrt( b^2-4*a*c ))/(2*a) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "So in this equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x^2-8x+5=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the discriminate is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "8^2-4*7*5 or <BR>\n" );
document.write( "-76<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "RJ </SPAN>\n" );
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