document.write( "Question 659873: Find the value of k such that the following has a repeated real solution and express your answer as a fraction: \r
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document.write( "-12x² - 2x + k = 0\r\n" );
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document.write( "There is a repeated real solution if the discriminant, what's under the\r\n" );
document.write( "radical in the quadratic formula, b² - 4ac = 0\r\n" );
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document.write( "a = -12, b = -2, c = k\r\n" );
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document.write( "b² - 4ac = 0\r\n" );
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document.write( "(-2)² - 4(-12)(k) = 0\r\n" );
document.write( "          4 + 48k = 0\r\n" );
document.write( "              48k = -4\r\n" );
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