Question: how to determine the nature of roots of a quadratic equation?
Answer: To determine the nature of roots of quadratic equations (in the form ax^2 + bx +c=0) , we need to caclulate the discriminant, which is b^2 - 4 a c. When discriminant is greater than zero, the roots are unequal and real. When discriminant is equal to zero, the roots are equal and real.