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What is the discriminant and how many solutions?

What is the discriminant and how many solutions?-example-1
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Explanation:


\text{Discriminant} =\Delta = b^2-4ac\\</p><p>\implies \Delta = 7^2-4(1)(10)=49-40=9\\</p><p>\therefore \Delta >0\\

Since the discriminant is greater than zero, there are two real solutions.

Also, the solutions are $x=5$ and $x=2$

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