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What is the value of the discriminant, b2 − 4ac, for the quadratic equation 0 = x2 − 4x + 5, and what does it mean about the number of real solutions the equation has?

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The discriminant is -4 so there is no real number solutions

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User Sid Zhang
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(-4)^2-4(1)(5)
16-4(1)(5)
16-4(5)
16-20
-4

The discriminant is negative so there are no real number solutions.
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