How do you find value of discriminant then describe number and type of solutions for $4x^2 - 4x +17 = 0$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-01-19T12:55:05

$Delta<0$

$x_(1,2) in CC$

given:

$y=ax^2+bx+c=0$

$Delta=b^2-4ac$

$a=4$
$b=-4$
$c=17$

$:.Delta=16-4*4*17=16(1-17)=16*(-16)=-256$

Then:

$Delta<0$

$:.x_(1,2) in CC$

How do you find value of discriminant then describe number and type of solutions for 4x^2 - 4x +17 = 04x^2 - 4x +17 = 0?