Question

Calculate the discriminant:

`sqrt3 x^2 - 2sqrt3x - sqrt3 = 0`

Answer 1

Compare with ax² + bx + c = 0: 

`a = sqrt3, b = -2sqrt3, c = -sqrt3`

Discriminant D

= b² − 4ac 

`= (-2sqrt3)^2 - 4(sqrt3)(-sqrt3) `

= 12 − (−12) 

= 24