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I may only be in 8th grade but I am absolutely positive that all quadratic equations have 2 solutions.
No - They may have 0,1, or 2 answers
For example, the problem x^2 + 8x +16 = 0 has only one solution -4.
This is because the radical evaluates to 0 rendering the +/- sign irrelevant.
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