Quadratic discriminant in a 4th degree equation?
Calculus
Level
4
\[\large x^4+ax^3+bx^2-x+1=0\] If the given polynomial equation has at least a real zero, then determine which of the following conditions will be always true. Prove the one that you select and disprove the other ones.
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by
Arturo Presa