Algorithm for solving quadratic equation

 The general form of the quadratic equation can be written as follows:

where a, b and c are known real numbers, called equation coefficients. In order to calculate the roots of this equation, or to find solutions, we will use generally known formulas:

or

When 

the equation has no solution.

 

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Implementation of the algorithm in: Pascal, C++, Java, Python, JavaScript

Description of the algorithm:

  1. Start - our algorithm starts here.
  2. We load input data - coefficients a, b and c of the equation.
  3. We check if the coefficient a of the equation is equal to 0.
  4. If a = 0 we deal with a linear equation, we invoke the algorithm of solving the linear equations.
  5. We calculate the delta value.
  6. We check if the delta is less than 0.
  7. If delta <0 we print information, the equation has no solutions.
  8. We check if the delta is equal to 0.
  9. If delta = 0, we calculate the value of one double solution x.
  10. When delta = 0, after calculating x, we write its value.
  11. We reach this point when none of the previous conditions have been met (delta <0 and delta = 0), i.e. when delta> 0. We calculate the values of two solutions of the equation: x1 and x2.
  12. We print the calculated values of both solutions.
  13. Stop - the end of the algorithm common to all roads.