Given this equation:
x 2 + 3 x + 6 = 0
What are the characteristics of the roots?
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You can tell whether the roots of a trinomial are real or imaginary by finding whether the discriminant is positive or negative, respectively.
D i s c r i m i n a n t : b 2 − 4 a c a = 1 b = 3 c = 6 P l u g g i n g i n t o t h e e q u a t i o n : 3 2 − 4 ( 1 ) ( 6 ) = 9 − 2 4 = − 1 5
Because the discriminant is negative, we can conclude that the trinomial is imaginary/complex.
As you said, b²-4ac, not a²-4bc. So the ∆ = 3²- 4 1 6 = 9-24 = -16. So the discriminant is -16, anyways it's negative, and the number is complex.
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Yup, did it in my head correctly, put it on paper incorrectly. I'll edit it.
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You can convert this into the form of perfect square. x 2 + 3 x + 6 = ( x + 1 . 5 ) 2 + 3 . 7 5 . Given the value of n 2 ≥ 0 for real number n , there will be no real solution as the form of this equation never goes below 3.75. The answer to this equation will then be the complex number of x = 2 − 3 ± i 1 5