State the value of the discriminant and then describe the nature of the solutions.
-14x^2+5x-8=0
What is the valuel of the discriminant?
which is correct:
The equation has one real solution?
has two imaginary solutions?
has two real solutions?

Question

amistre64 · Answer

discriminate is just:

$middle^2-4(first)(last)$

amistre64 · Answer

5^2 -4(-14)(-8)

amistre64 · Answer

i see it as imaginary solutons cause the answer is gonna be negative

anonymous · Answer

k

amistre64 · Answer

make sense?

anonymous · Answer

not really, i thought it would have been a positive since there are two negatives in the equation

amistre64 · Answer

5^2 = 25

-4(-8) = 32

32(-14) = -320-120-8 = -448

25-448 = - something lol

amistre64 · Answer

to discriminate means to make a choice based upon some criteria; to discrimination based on skin color is an obvious correlation.

the discriminate of a quadratic equation chooses how many roots it has.

amistre64 · Answer

if the discriminate is +; we will get 2 roots

if it = 0; there is only 1 root

if it is -; ony imaginary roots exists

anonymous · Answer

ok i think I see