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HP 15C Quadratic Equation II Message #1 Posted by jb on 18 Jan 2003, 2:36 p.m. Sirs, I have having a deuce of a problem getting the 15C Quadratic Equation II program to work (http://www.hpmuseum.org/software/15quad2.htm). I have tried reloading and rerunning it multiple times but must be doing something fundamentally wrong. For the equation: x^2 – 3x – 10 = 0, x should equal 5, -2. I put 1 on the stack and hit enter, -3 on the stack and hit enter, –10 on the stack and hit enter, then hit GSB 0, it gives an answer something like –1.67 and –3. What do you think I am doing wrong? Thank you.

Re: HP 15C Quadratic Equation II Message #2 Posted by R Lion on 18 Jan 2003, 2:52 p.m., in response to message #1 by jb If you press ENTER before the last number, then this is the stack: T: 1 Z: -3 Y: -10 X: -10 and this is not wich the prg needs, and it should give error 0 in this case. Symply do: 1 enter -3 enter -10 GSB 0 Raul

Re: HP 15C Quadratic Equation II Message #3 Posted by jb on 18 Jan 2003, 3:11 p.m., in response to message #2 by R Lion Ho Ho! I knew it was something simple like that. Thank you for your quick response.

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