Find the Discriminant -3x^2-2x-4=0

$- 3 x^{2} - 2 x - 4 = 0$

Step 1

The discriminant of a quadratic is the expression inside the radical of the quadratic formula.

$b^{2} - 4 (a c)$

Step 2

Substitute in the values of $a$ , $b$ , and $c$ .

${(- 2)}^{2} - 4 (- 3 \cdot - 4)$

Step 3

Evaluate the result to find the discriminant.

Simplify each term.

Raise $- 2$ to the power of $2$ .

$4 - 4 (- 3 \cdot - 4)$

Multiply $- 4 (- 3 \cdot - 4)$ .

Multiply $- 3$ by $- 4$ .

$4 - 4 \cdot 12$

Multiply $- 4$ by $12$ .

$4 - 48$

Subtract $48$ from $4$ .

$- 44$