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OpenStudy (anonymous):

What is the discriminant if the point on the graph is (3,0) ??

OpenStudy (anonymous):

do you mean the vertex is (3,0)?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes

OpenStudy (anonymous):

do you need exact number of discriminant? I can say only that is \[D\geq0\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

if it's vertex then answer is D=0

OpenStudy (anonymous):

if the vertex is (3,0) then the discriminant is 0

OpenStudy (anonymous):

how do we know that?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what tomas said means it is a perfect square i.e. \[y=(x-3)^2\] perhaps

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh ok

OpenStudy (anonymous):

if the vertex is on the x-axis, that means there is only one zero

OpenStudy (anonymous):

if y=0 and it's vertex it means that quadratic equation would have only 1 solution, and when it has only 1 solution discriminant is 0

OpenStudy (anonymous):

and quadratic formula tells you the zeros are \[x=\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a}\] if this is only one number and not two, it means \[b^2-4ac=0\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Ok thankx guyz

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@thomas did you figure out that pythgoras thing? because ten is not the hypotenuse of a primitive triple

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