Unit
Quadratic Equations and Functions
MA, Stanford University
Teaching in the San Francisco Bay Area
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MA, Stanford University
Teaching in the San Francisco Bay Area
Alissa is currently a teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area and Brightstorm users love her clear, concise explanations of tough concepts
The discriminant, or b^2-4ac, is part of the quadratic formula that tells us how many solutions a quadratic equation will have (but it doesn't actually tell us what those solutions are.) If the discriminant is greater than zero, you'll have two real solutions; if it is equal to zero, then you'll have one real solution; and if it is less than zero, then you'll have no real solutions. Here we connect the discriminant to basic sketches of functions as well to show how the number of solutions connects to the number of x-intercepts.
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