Find the Discriminant x^2-7x-6=0

$x^{2} - 7 x - 6 = 0$

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 $c$ .

${(- 7)}^{2} - 4 (1 \cdot - 6)$

Step 3

Evaluate the result to find the discriminant.

Simplify each term.

Raise $- 7$ to the power of $2$ .

$49 - 4 (1 \cdot - 6)$

Multiply $- 4 (1 \cdot - 6)$ .

Multiply $- 6$ by $1$ .

$49 - 4 \cdot - 6$

Multiply $- 4$ by $- 6$ .

$49 + 24$

Add $49$ and $24$ .

$73$