Question 1173058
How would I go about finding the discriminant for this:
(b^2+a^2)x^2-2a^2kx+a^2k^2-a^2b^2=0
What would a, b, and c coefficients be for b^2 - 4ac for this equation?

Thanks, I really appreciate it!
<pre>  {{{matrix(1,3, ax^2 + bx + c, "=", 0)}}} <==== General form of a quadratic equation
     ax<sup>2</sup>    +       bx       +    c = 0 
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     ˅              ˅             ˅</pre><pre>{{{highlight_green(matrix(1,5, highlight((b^2 + a^2))x^2, highlight(matrix(1,3, "(-", 2a^2, "k)"))x, highlight(matrix(1,2, "+", a^2k^2 - a^2b^2)), "=", 0))}}}  <==== Compare this to the above!
Can you now see what a, b, and c, are?