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You should be using the graphs to answer this question - there is no need to do any calculations or algebraic things.

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See 4.1 for background on quadratics and see 1.1 for what the word solution means.  

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A quadratic is given and sketched. Based on the sketch, task is to determine the number of solutions to the equation $f(x)=0$.

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This is a non-calculator question.

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Below is a graph of a quadratic function $y=\\simplify{{a[0]}*x^2 + {-2*a[0]*b[0]}*x + {a[0]*b[0]*b[0]+c[0]}}$.

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How many solutions does the equation $\\simplify{{a[0]}*x^2 + {-2*a[0]*b[0]}*x + {a[0]*b[0]*b[0]+c[0]}}=0$ have?

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How many solutions does the equation $\\simplify{{a[1]}*x^2 + {-2*a[1]*b[1]}*x + {a[1]*b[1]*b[1]+c[1]}}=0$ have?

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How many solutions does the equation $\\simplify{{a[2]}*x^2 + {-2*a[2]*b[2]}*x + {a[2]*b[2]*b[2]+c[2]}}=0$ have?

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