How can you tell when a quadratic equation has no real solutions?
Answer
when the radicand is not a perfect square
when b in the quadratic formula is greater than the radicand
when the radicand is negative
when the radicand equals zero
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
what happens when you take the square root of a negative number?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
not possible
OpenStudy (anonymous):
that's what happens then... no real solutions
OpenStudy (anonymous):
its the 3rd one?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
yes. :)
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OpenStudy (campbell_st):
a quadratic ax^2 +bx +c = y use the discriminat to check on the type of solutions
the discrimiant is b^2 - 4ac..... from the general quadratic formula
< 0 no real solutions
= 0 equal solutions
> 0 real and unequal solutions