[WikiEN-l] Error on quadratic formula page

Mon May 31 03:20:10 UTC 2004

Dear Wikipedia,

I love your encyclopedia and I use it a lot.
One day when I looked at the quadratic formula page, it mentioned another
quadratic formula I had never seen before:

x= 2c / b {+-}sqrt(b^2-4ac)

I tried it out and found out that it had a mistake. It needs a negative b
(-b) in the denominator instead of a positive b. It should read:

x= 2c / -b {+-}sqrt(b^2-4ac)

If you would like me to send you the proof, just ask.

Please reply promptly.

Sincerely,
     a 13 year old