How many real roots does the equation have?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. no real roots
- Step 1: The discriminant is , which gives no real roots.
Answer
no real roots.
Why not the others: two distinct real roots, one repeated real root and infinitely many real roots don't fit.
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