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The Nature of the Roots

This section classifies the roots of ax2+bx+c=0ax^{2}+bx+c=0 using the discriminant Δ=b2−4ac\Delta=b^{2}-4ac. Δ\Delta is the expression under the square root on the information-sheet formula: determine the nature of the roots does…

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