👉 In mathematics, "discriminate" is a term used to describe how a function or polynomial behaves when it is evaluated at different values of its argument. This means that if you substitute one value for another in the function or polynomial, and evaluate it again, you will get a certain result. For example, consider the function f(x) = x^2 - 4x + 5. If we substitute x = 1 into this function, we get: f(1) =