document.write( "Question 50947: find the discriminant , and determine the number of real solutions. Then solve 3x^2+2x-6=0 \n" ); document.write( "

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find the discriminant , and determine the number of real \r\n" );
document.write( "solutions. Then solve 3x^2+2x-6=0\r\n" );
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document.write( "a=3, b = 2, c = -6\r\n" );
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document.write( "b²-4ac = 2²-4(3)(-6) = 4+72 = 76\r\n" );
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document.write( "The discriminant is 76, which is a positive number so\r\n" );
document.write( "there are 2 real solutions.\r\n" );
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document.write( "If it had been 0, there would have been 1 real solution.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It it had been a negative number, there would have been 0 \r\n" );
document.write( "(no) real solution.\r\n" );
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