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Re: Graph-TI - Program to solve quadratic equation on TI 85

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From: Toubster
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 1994 01:00
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In article <sunh-291194134000@ethernet.sonoma.edu>, sunh@vax.sonoma.edu ()
writes:
:ClLCD
:Prompt A
:Prompt B
:Prompt C
:DISC=(B^2-4*A*C)
:XPOS=(-B+DISC)/2A
:XNEG=(-B-DISC)/2A
:Disp XPOS
:Disp XNEG


This would work great except for the fact that this doesn't compute the
quadratic function.  You left out the 'sqrt' in the equation.  If you add
that in, it will work fine...
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Subject: Re: Graph-TI - Program to solve quadratic equation on TI 85
Date: 30 Nov 1994 20:00:22 -0500
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