Sandra exclaims that her quadratic with a discriminant of -4 has no real solutions. Sandra then puts down her pencil and refuses to do any more work. Create an equation with a negative discriminant. Then explain to Sandra, in calm and complete sentences, how to find the solutions, even though they are not real

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precal · Answer

Welcome to openstudy :)
Ok really calm and complete sentence....
well I will go for calm and brief statements and you can write them in your own words.

precal · Answer

Quadratics have 3 possible solutions:
1 solution (aka double root - since graph crosses in one location)
2 solutions -since graph crosses in two locations
0 solutions (No solution aka complex solutions)

precal · Answer

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