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Without trying to solve the equation 3x^2-5x+7=0,

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how would you know that it has no real roots?

asked May 4, 2014 in ALGEBRA 2 by anonymous

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The equation image

Compare it to quadratic form image

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Roots are image

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The roots of image are imaginary.

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No real roots for image.

answered May 5, 2014 by david Expert
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The solutions of a quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, a ≠ 0, can be classified as follows.If the discriminant b2 - 4ac is


1. positive, then the quadratic equation has two distinct real solutions and its graph has two - intercepts.


2. zero, then the quadratic equation has one repeated real solution and its graph has one - intercept.


3. negative, then the quadratic equation has no real solutions and its graph has no - intercepts.

The quadratic equation is 3x2 - 5x + 7 = 0.

Compare the equation 3x2 - 5x + 7 = 0 with general form of quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, a ≠ 0.

a = 3, b = - 5 and c = 7.

The discriminant =  b2 - 4ac = (- 5)2 - 4(3)(7) = 25 - 84 = - 59 < 0.

Here discriminant is negative, so the quadratic equation has no real roots.

 

answered May 6, 2014 by steve Scholar
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