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Solve the quadratic equation ax**2 + bx + c = 0

Coeffients a, b and c are provided by the user

import complex math module

import cmath

a = float(input('Enter a: ')) b = float(input('Enter b: ')) c = float(input('Enter c: '))

calculate the discriminant

d = (b**2) - (4ac)

find two solutions

sol1 = (-b-cmath.sqrt(d))/(2a) sol2 = (-b+cmath.sqrt(d))/(2a)

print('The solution are {0} and {1}'.format(sol1,sol2))