help What is the possible discriminant of the graph? a parabola opening up with no x intercept and a y intercept of 8 –16 0 12 36

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help What is the possible discriminant of the graph?  a parabola opening up with no x intercept and a y intercept of 8   –16   0   12   36

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

this is the picture of the parabola

nory · Answer

There are no places where it intersects the x-axis, so the number of solutions is zero.
So the discriminant is less than zero.
Does it make sense, how the two are related?

anonymous · Answer

i feel so dumb i was kinda confused i forgot how to do it for a few minutes i wasn't looking at it right.
Thx tho i realized my mistake. I was trying to use the y-intercept form for a parabola.

nory · Answer

Strange. So you've got it fixed now? And you know the answer?

anonymous · Answer

Not yet

anonymous · Answer

now i do

nory · Answer

Good job :)