How can you tell when a quadratic equation has no real solutions?

A. when the radicand is negative

B. when b in the quadratic formula is greater than the radicand

C. when the radicand equals zero

D. when the radicand is not a perfect square

I believe the answer is A? is that right?

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15 January, 04:19

How can you tell when a quadratic equation has no real solutions?

A. when the radicand is negative

B. when b in the quadratic formula is greater than the radicand

C. when the radicand equals zero

D. when the radicand is not a perfect square

I believe the answer is A? is that right?

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Turtle · Answer 1

The answer is that A. when the radicand is negative. Having a negative value inside a radicand sign will indicate that there are no solutions. Because we do not know the square root of a negative value. The result of this is that we cannot evaluate the formula any further.

How can you tell when a quadratic equation has no real solutions?A. when the radicand is negativeB. when b in the quadratic formula is greater than the radicandC. when the radicand equals zeroD. when the radicand is not a perfect squareI believe the answer is A? is that right?

How can you tell when a quadratic equation has no real solutions?

A. when the radicand is negative

B. when b in the quadratic formula is greater than the radicand

C. when the radicand equals zero

D. when the radicand is not a perfect square

I believe the answer is A? is that right?