The diagonal of a rectangular cricket field in Chennai is 13 m and the field models to x^2 - 17x + 60 = 0 for one side length (the sides are 5 m and 12 m). What is the discriminant of x^2 - 17x + 60 = 0?

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49. a = 1, b = -17, c = 60. D = 289 - 240 = 49 > 0, so the sides 5 and 12 (with diagonal √25+144=13) are real and distinct.

The diagonal of a rectangular cricket field in Chennai is 13 m and the field models to $x^{2} - 17 x + 60 = 0$ for one side length (the sides are 5 m and 12 m).
What is the discriminant of $x^{2} - 17 x + 60 = 0$ ?

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The diagonal of a rectangular cricket field in Chennai is 13 m and the field models to x2−17x+60=0 for one side length (the sides are 5 m and 12 m).What is the discriminant of x2−17x+60=0?

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The diagonal of a rectangular cricket field in Chennai is 13 m and the field models to $x^{2} - 17 x + 60 = 0$ for one side length (the sides are 5 m and 12 m).
What is the discriminant of $x^{2} - 17 x + 60 = 0$ ?