Question

HELP ASAP PLEASE

calculate the discriminant of the function shown y = 0.05 x^2 - x + 1

Answer 1

ok the discriminant of a quadratic expression ax^2 +bx + c is given by sqrt(b^2 - 4ac)

Answer 2

here b is -1, a is .05 and c is 1

Answer 3

so we need to plug in the values in that formula

Answer 4

so we have sqrt ((-1)^2 - 4 (.05)(1))

Answer 5

sqrt(1 - .2)

Answer 6

sqrt (.8)

Answer 7

was that ok?

Answer 8

yes thank you, how would the answer be written though

Answer 9

well we calculate the sqrt value which would obviously be a positive number

Answer 10

ok

Answer 11

the sqrt value would be ur answer i guess

Answer 12

so it would be 2

Answer 13

no...its sqrt(.8) that is 0.8944

Answer 14

ok also what methods could be used to solve that problem