Find the Discriminant -5x^2-6x-4=0

$- 5 x^{2} - 6 x - 4 = 0$

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 $c$ .

${(- 6)}^{2} - 4 (- 5 \cdot - 4)$

Step 3

Evaluate the result to find the discriminant.

Simplify each term.

Raise $- 6$ to the power of $2$ .

$36 - 4 (- 5 \cdot - 4)$

Multiply $- 4 (- 5 \cdot - 4)$ .

Multiply $- 5$ by $- 4$ .

$36 - 4 \cdot 20$

Multiply $- 4$ by $20$ .

$36 - 80$

Subtract $80$ from $36$ .

$- 44$