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Quadratic Equation roots
/* Program to find roots of a quadratic equation when coefficients are entered by user. */
/* Library function sqrt() computes the square root. */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h> /* This is needed to use sqrt() function.*/
int main()
{
float a, b, c, determinant, r1,r2, real, imag;
printf("Enter coefficients a, b and c: ");
scanf("%f%f%f",&a,&b,&c);
determinant=b*b-4*a*c;
if (determinant>0)
{
r1= (-b+sqrt(determinant))/(2*a);
r2= (-b-sqrt(determinant))/(2*a);
printf("Roots are: %.2f and %.2f",r1 , r2);
}
else if (determinant==0)
{
r1 = r2 = -b/(2*a);
printf("Roots are: %.2f and %.2f", r1, r2);
}
else
{
real= -b/(2*a);
imag = sqrt(-determinant)/(2*a);
printf("Roots are: %.2f+%.2fi and %.2f-%.2fi", real, imag, real, imag);
}
return 0;
}
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