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OpenStudy (anonymous):

PLEASE HELP! WILL GIVE MEDAL!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

why don't you compute delta ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discriminant

OpenStudy (anonymous):

You just compute the discriminant, if the discriminant is positive then the polynomial has two real roots, if the discriminant is equals to 0 the polynomial has one real double root, and if the discriminant is negative the polynomial has no real roots.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ohh ok i see, so rather quickly then?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yeah he is right

OpenStudy (anonymous):

okay thanks

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Note that what I just said is correct for a quadratic polynomial (of degree 2).

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yeah i know(:

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