Question 1124847
Can you factor it?  Yes or no?
Find discriminant.  What does this tell you?



{{{x^2+2x-4=0}}}
discriminant,  {{{2^2-4*1*(-4)=4+16=20}}}


Is this a perfect square?  Is this non-negative?  Is this 0?


20
Positive real number, NOT a square.
Equation has two irrational real solutions.