To find: The discriminant of equation
Answer to Problem 8CFU
The quadratic has complex solutions
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
Calculation:
We’ll write the quadratic to identify its coefficients, a, b, c
We’ve identified a, b, c
We’ll recall the formula of discriminant that makes use of the coefficients identified above.
We’ve computed delta.
We notice that we’ve get a negative value of delta, therefore, the roots of quadratic are not real, but complex.
The quadratic has complex solutions
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