\[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]

\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 r8496 = b;
        double r8497 = -r8496;
        double r8498 = r8496 * r8496;
        double r8499 = 4.0;
        double r8500 = a;
        double r8501 = c;
        double r8502 = r8500 * r8501;
        double r8503 = r8499 * r8502;
        double r8504 = r8498 - r8503;
        double r8505 = sqrt(r8504);
        double r8506 = r8497 - r8505;
        double r8507 = 2.0;
        double r8508 = r8507 * r8500;
        double r8509 = r8506 / r8508;
        return r8509;
}

Reproduce

Please include this information when filing a bug report:

herbie shell --seed 2019194 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "quadm (p42, negative)"

  :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...: 0		L	C
loop	/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/various-cleanup/src/core/extraction.rkt	25	2
(unnamed)	/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/various-cleanup/src/core/simplify.rkt	26	0
simplify!	/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/various-cleanup/src/mainloop.rkt	220	0
run-improve47	/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/various-cleanup/src/mainloop.rkt	342	0
(unnamed)	/opt/racket-7.0/collects/racket/private/more-scheme.rkt	261	28
run	/opt/racket-7.0/share/pkgs/profile-lib/main.rkt	39	2
profile-thunk16	/opt/racket-7.0/share/pkgs/profile-lib/main.rkt	9	0
(unnamed)	/opt/racket-7.0/collects/racket/private/more-scheme.rkt	261	28