Python Solve Quadratic Equation

Given a quadratic equation the task is solve the equation or find out the roots of the equation. Standard form of quadratic equation is $$ax^2+ bx + c =0$$ where, $a, b$, and $c$ are coefficient and real numbers and also $a \ne 0$ 0. If $a$ is equal to $0$ that equation is not valid quadratic equation.

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1. Python Solve Quadratic Equation Using the Direct Formula

Using the below quadratic formula we can find the root of the quadratic equation.

Let $\Delta =b^2-4ac$, then:

If $b^2 – 4ac<0$, then roots are complex (not real).
If $b^2 – 4ac=0$, then roots are real and both roots are same $x=\frac{-b}{2a}$.
If $b^2 – 4ac>0$, then roots are real and different $$ x=\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a}.$$

# Python program to find roots of quadratic equation 
import math 


# function for finding roots 
def equationroots(): 

   a = float(input('Enter coefficient a: '))
   while a == 0:
      print("Coefficient a can not equal 0")
      a = float(input('Enter coefficient a: '))
   b = float(input('Enter coefficient b: '))
   c = float(input('Enter coefficient c: '))
   
   # calculating dcriminant using formula 
   d = b * b - 4 * a * c 
   
   # checking condition for dcriminant 
   if d > 0: 
      print("Your equation has real and different roots:") 
      print((-b + math.sqrt(d))/(2 * a)) 
      print((-b - math.sqrt(d))/(2 * a)) 
   
   elif d == 0: 
      print("Your equation has real and same roots:") 
      print(-b / (2 * a)) 
   
   # when dcriminant is less than 0 
   else: 
      print("Your equation has complex roots:") 
      print(- b / (2 * a), " +", math.sqrt(-d),'i') 
      print(- b / (2 * a), " -", math.sqrt(-d),'i') 


equationroots()

2. Python Solve Quadratic Equation Using the Complex Math Module

First, we have to calculate the discriminant and then find two solution of quadratic equation using cmath module.

cmath module — Mathematical functions for complex numbers — provides access to mathematical functions for complex numbers. The functions in this module accept integers, floating-point numbers or complex numbers as arguments. They will also accept any Python object that has either a __complex__() or a __float__() method: these methods are used to convert the object to a complex or floating-point number, respectively, and the function is then applied to the result of the conversion.

# Python program to find roots of quadratic equation 
import cmath 


# function for finding roots 
def equationroots(): 

   a = float(input('Enter coefficient a: '))
   while a == 0:
      print("Coefficient a can not equal 0")
      a = float(input('Enter coefficient a: '))
   b = float(input('Enter coefficient b: '))
   c = float(input('Enter coefficient c: '))
   
   # calculating dcriminant using formula 
   d = b * b - 4 * a * c 
   
   if d == 0: 
      print("Your equation has real and same roots:") 
      print(-b / (2 * a)) 
   
   # when dcriminant is not equal 0 
   else: 
      print("Your equation has complex roots:") 
      print(- b / (2 * a), " +", cmath.sqrt(d)) 
      print(- b / (2 * a), " -", cmath.sqrt(d)) 


equationroots() 

input()

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