document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=564132>Question 564132</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello, I need help with a problem, does anyone know how to solve this problem !\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use the discriminant to determine whether the following equations have solutions that are: two different rational solutions; two different irrational solutions; exactly one rational solution; or two different imaginary solutions.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x2 = -4x – 4 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2 = -4x – 4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2 + 4x + 4 = 0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a = 1 ; b = 4 ; c = 4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Discriminant: b^2-4ac = 4^2-4*1*4 = 16 - 16 = 0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That means there is exactly one rational solution.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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