i have this assignment that asks me to write a code that determines the roots of a quadratic equation (ax^2 + bx + c = 0). but i have to use the university's library (type.lib.Equation;).
i almost got everything figured out, except the case where there are two roots. i can get the 1st root but i'm still circling around to get the the 2nd root
my code so far
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.io.PrintStream;
import type.lib.Equation;
public class Check05A
{
/**
* @param args
*/
public static void main(String[] args)
{
PrintStream output = System.out;
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
output.println("Enter a,b,c pressing ENTER after each... ");
double a = input.nextDouble();
double b = input.nextDouble();
double c = input.nextDouble();
output.print("The equation: ");
Equation x = new Equation(a, b, c);
output.print(x);
int root = x.getRootCount();
if(root == 0)
{
output.println(" has no real roots.");
}
if(root == 1)
{
double r1 = x.getRoot(root);
output.println(" has the single root: " + r1);
}
if(root == 2)
{
double r1 = x.getRoot(root);
double r2 = -x.getRoot(root);
output.println(" has the two roots: " + r2 + " and " + r1);
}
if(root == -1)
{
output.println("\nis an identity - any value is a root.");
}
}
}
for example 1, 2, -4 should output as :
"has the two roots: -3.23606797749979 and 1.2360679774997898"
You're just putting negative sign to root 1.
This isn't always the case.
Look up the formula for finding the roots for a quadratic equation:
x=\frac{-b \pm \sqrt {b^2-4ac}}{2a}.
and inside your function x.getRoot(), return two values inside an array.