Question

Given the trinomial 3x^2 - 6x + 5, what is the discriminant?

Answer 1

ax^2 +bx+c

a=3

b=-6

c=5

the discriminant is b^2 - 4ac

(-6)^2-4(3)(5)

36-60

-24

this equation has no real solution since the discriminant is less than 0