document.write( "Question 329292: Use the discriminant to determine whether the quadratic equation below has one real number solution, two real number solutions, or two complex number solutions.\r
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and evaluate the nature of the roots as follows:\r
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0 \ \ \Rightarrow\ \\"> Two real and unequal roots. If

is a perfect square, the quadratic factors over

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One real root with a multiplicity of two. That is to say that the trinomial is a perfect square and has two identical factors.\r
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A conjugate pair of complex roots of the form

where

is the imaginary number defined by

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