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Use the discriminant to determine the number of real solutions for the equation below.

x^2+ 2x + 1 = 0

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Answer:

there is one real solution

Explanation:

use the quadratic formula. what is in the square root is called the discriminant.

since it came out to 0 there is one real solution

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