Thinking Like an Engineer
Thinking Like an Engineer
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Author: Elizabeth A. Stephan, David R. Bowman, William J. Park, Benjamin L. Sill, Matthew W. Ohland
Publisher: Pearson Learning Solutions
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Chapter 17, Problem 15RQ

Write a function that implements the quadratic equation. Given three inputs (a, b, and c), calculate the roots (r1 and r2 ) of the quadratic formula. Recall the quadratic equation:

r = b ± b 2 4 a c 2 a

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