Question

discriminat
-x^2-a=6x

Answer 1

discriminat? Eh? Did you mean discriminant?

Answer 2

yes

Answer 3

Do you know what that is in the quadratic formula?

Answer 4

In a quadratic equation, the discriminant helps tell you the number of real solutions to a quadratic equation

Answer 5

Yes, but do you know what part of the equation it is? It looks like they are asking for what it would be if you set that up as a quadratic.

Answer 6

oh no then

Answer 7

It is the part under the radical.

Answer 8

Now, they made this one a but tricky. They used an a. Do not confuse this with the a in the quadratic formula. They are seperate uses of a!

Answer 9

So, if you put this in \(ax^2+bx+c=0\) form, what would it become?

Answer 10

6x-x^2=a

Answer 11

The a is actually part of it. I would move the \(-x^2-a\) part over, just to get the positive signs there.