For this problem we solved it with k still in its place until we got to the discriminant and then we solved for k by knowing the square root of 144 was 12 and that if you wanted the discriminant to be positive k squared had to be over 144, if you wanted the discriminant to be 0 you had to have k squared equal 144, and if you wanted the discriminant to be negative k squared had to be less than 144
We got the same answer and great explanation.
ReplyDeleteI think you did everything right, but you may have forgot to account for the fact that negative numbers squared would also be positive.
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