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MATHEMATICAL ROUTINES
SOLVING QUADRATIC EQUATIONS
Ian Cooper
School of Physics, University of Sydney
ian.cooper@sydney.edu.au
math_qe.m
math_qe.m_cal.m
y x a x 2 b x c
a0
y x a x 2 b x c 0
the curve will intersect the X-axis and the values of x are given by the formula
roots
b b 2 4 a c
2a
Figure Window created for the solving a quadratic equation using the mscripts
math_qe.m math_qe.m_cal.m
sol_m = -3.3028
The GUI is based upon the mscript written by A/Prof Hadi Khabbaz (University of
Technology, Sydney)