help please?

2017-02-10 11:59 pm
1. The discriminant of a quadratic equation is -5.
Which answer describes the number and type of solutions of the equation?
a. 2 complex solutions
b. 1 real solution
c. 1 complex solution
d. 2 real solutions
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2017-02-11 12:00 am
✔ 最佳答案
2 complex solutions.

If the discriminant = 0, there is one real solution.
If the discriminant > 0, there are two real solutions.
2017-02-11 12:54 am
If all the coefficients are real, answer (a) is correct. More specifically, there are 2 unique non-real solutions, and they are complex conjugates of each other (their sum and product are a real numbers).

However, if there are non-real coefficients, then it's impossible to answer that question without more information. For example:
x^2 + sqrt(-5)*x = 0
The discriminant is -5, and x can be -sqrt(-5) or -1. So there is 1 real solution and 1 non-real solution.
2017-02-11 12:23 am
2 complex solutions
2017-02-11 12:32 am
Are you some bunch of nerds or what


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