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