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Question 193498: How many solutions exist for a quadratic equation? How do we determine algebraically whether the solutions are real or complex?
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if the Discriminant D>0 2 real solution
D=0 1 real solution
D<0 2 complex solutions
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D=b%5E2-4ac where equation is ax%5E2-bx-c=0