Answer:
Water temperature in an ocean varies inversely to the water’s depth. Between the depths of 250 feet and 500 feet, the formula
T
=
14
,
000
d
gives us the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit at a depth in feet below Earth’s surface. Consider the Atlantic Ocean, which covers 22% of Earth’s surface. At a certain location, at the depth of 500 feet, the temperature may be 28°F.
The brackets are first, then the multiplication
That’s not math that’s a bunch of bull shi!t
There's no if about it,

has a zero

so

is a factor. That's the special case of the Remainder Theorem; since

we'll get a remainder of zero when we divide

by

At this point we can just divide or we can try more little numbers in the function. It doesn't take too long to discover

too, so

is a factor too by the remainder theorem. I can find the third zero as well; but let's say that's out of range for most folks.
So far we have

where

is the zero we haven't guessed yet. Again we could divide

by

but just looking at the constant term we must have

so

We check

We usually talk about the zeros of a function and the roots of an equation; here we have a function

whose zeros are
We have been given Marley was asked to solve
using the Quadratic Formula. She found the discriminant first and decided she did not need to continue with the Quadratic Formula.
We are asked to determine whether Marley is correct or not.
We know when an equation is in form
, we can use discriminant to check for the real solutions of equation.

If
, then the equation will have two real solutions.
If
, then the equation will have one real solution.
If
, then the equation will have no real solutions.
Let us find discriminant.




Since
, therefore, the equation will have no real solutions, so Marley is correct.