SOLUTION: Use the discriminant to determine whether the following equations have solutions that are: two different rational solutions; two different irrational solutions; exactly one rationa

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Question 367730: 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.
3x2 + 6x – 5 = 0
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D=b%5E2-4ac
D=6%5E2-4%283%29%28-5%29
D=36%2B60
D=96
Since D%3E0 and not a perfect square, you will have two different irrational solutions.