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As easy as abc (Posted on 2011-06-28) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Given an equation ax^2+bx+c=0 what values a,b cause the roots of the equation to be a and b and the discriminant to be equal to c?

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Some Thoughts Too complex for me | Comment 4 of 10 |
I am aware that if the discriminant is positive there are two real solutions, if 0 there is 1 real solution, if negative there are no real solutions.

What does it mean if the discriminant is complex?  Same as negative?  1 or 2 imaginary solutions?  Can I tell whether the number of imaginary solutions is  1 or 2 based on looking at the discriminant?    Thought I would ask, instead of looking it up...

  Posted by Steve Herman on 2011-06-30 13:38:24
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