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What is the nature of the roots of the quadratic equationsbif the value of its discriminant is 0

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If the discriminant is 0, then you'll have exactly one root. This is a double root since the root repeats itself.

Example: y = (x-5)^2 = x^2-10x+25 has a double root at x = 5

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