What is the discriminant of $6y^2+2=-7y$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-07-05T19:10:14

The discriminant is $=1$

Let's rewrite the equation

$6y^2+2=-7y$

$6y^2+7y+2=0$

We compare this equation to

$ax^2+bx+c=0$

The discriminant is

$Delta=b^2-4ac$

$=(7)^2-4*(6)*(2)$

$=49-48=1$

As,

$Delta>0$ , there are 2 real roots

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