\[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}
double f(double a, double b, double c) {
        double r8209 = b;
        double r8210 = -r8209;
        double r8211 = r8209 * r8209;
        double r8212 = 4.0;
        double r8213 = a;
        double r8214 = c;
        double r8215 = r8213 * r8214;
        double r8216 = r8212 * r8215;
        double r8217 = r8211 - r8216;
        double r8218 = sqrt(r8217);
        double r8219 = r8210 - r8218;
        double r8220 = 2.0;
        double r8221 = r8220 * r8213;
        double r8222 = r8219 / r8221;
        return r8222;
}

Reproduce

Please include this information when filing a bug report:

herbie shell --seed 2019179 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "The quadratic formula (r2)"

  :herbie-target
  (if (< b 0.0) (/ c (* a (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))) (* 2.0 a)))) (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))) (* 2.0 a)))

  (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))) (* 2.0 a)))

Backtrace

result arity mismatch; expected number of values not received expected: 2 received: 1 in: local-binding form values...: 0LC
loop/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/various-cleanup/src/core/extraction.rkt252
(unnamed)/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/various-cleanup/src/core/simplify.rkt260
simplify!/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/various-cleanup/src/mainloop.rkt2170
run-improve43/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/various-cleanup/src/mainloop.rkt3390
(unnamed)/opt/racket-7.0/collects/racket/private/more-scheme.rkt26128
run/opt/racket-7.0/share/pkgs/profile-lib/main.rkt392
profile-thunk16/opt/racket-7.0/share/pkgs/profile-lib/main.rkt90
(unnamed)/opt/racket-7.0/collects/racket/private/more-scheme.rkt26128