This week in math we learned about the discriminant. This is part of the quadratic formula, specifically this part, x = \sqrt{b^2-4(a)(c)}

the letters a, b, and c, represent the coefficients in order of a trinomial from left to right. The reason why this part is important is because solving the discriminant is enough for us to understand how many “zeros” or roots there are in the equation. If the number is a positive, then we know there are 2 roots; however, if the number is negative we have no roots. Zero is special in that, if we do get a zero there is only 1 root.

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