The code below explains how to obtain one of the roots of a quadratic equation

roots <-  function(a,b,c){
x = (-b + sqrt(b^2 - 4 * a * c)) / (2 * a)
return(x)
}

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roots(1,-1,-6)
## [1] 3

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