Question

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For which discriminant is the graph possible?

A. b^2 - 4ac = -12

B. b^2 - 4ac = 0

C. b^2 - 4ac = 7

Answer 1

The discriminant tells us how many real solutions there are. Since the parabola doesn't have any x-intercepts, the discriminant is less than zero, and therefore is answer A.

If a discriminant is:
>0, there are 2 x-intercepts
=0, there is 1 x-intercept
<0, there are no x-intercepts