A quadratic equation is a second order, univariate polynomial with constant coefficients and can usually be written in the form: ax² + bx + c = 0, where a 0. In about 400 B.C. the Babylonians developed an algorithmic approach to solving problems that give rise to a quadratic equation. This method is based on the method of completing the square. Quadratic equations, or polynomials of second-degree, have two roots that are given by the quadratic formula: x = (-b +/- (b² - 4ac))/2a. There is another form of this equation yielding the roots for a quadratic equation that is obtained by first dividing the original quadratic equation through by x: x = (2c)/(-b +/- (b² - 4ac)). This equation, which provides the roots to the quadratic equation, is often useful when b² > 4ac. In these cases the usual form providing roots to the quadratic equation can yield erroneous...