document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=618955>Question 618955</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the discriminant then tell whether the equation has two,one, or no solutions\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1.3x^2+4x-2=0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2.-5x^2+6x-6=0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3.6x^2-2x+4=0 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "3x^2+4x-2=0 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "a=3, b=4, c=-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Discriminant = b^2-4ac <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Discriminant = (4)^2-4(3)(-2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Discriminant = 16+24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Discriminant = 40 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Discriminant > 0 Therefore there are two solutions.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-5x^2+6x-6=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a=-5, b=6, c=-6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Discriminant = b^2-4ac <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Discriminant = (6)^2-4(-5)(-6)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Discriminant = 36-120<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Discriminant = -84<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Discriminant < 0 Therefore there is no real number solution\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x^2-2x+4=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(3x^2-x+2)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(3x^2-x+2)/2=0/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x^2-x+2=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Discriminant = b^2-4ac<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a=3, b=-1, c=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Discriminant = (-1)^2-4(3)(2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Discriminant = 1-24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Discriminant = -23<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Discriminant < 0 Therefore there is no real number solution\r<BR>\n" );
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