\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \ge 0.0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array}\]

\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \ge 0.0:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\

\end{array}

double f(double a, double b, double c) {
        double r8314 = b;
        double r8315 = 0.0;
        bool r8316 = r8314 >= r8315;
        double r8317 = 2.0;
        double r8318 = c;
        double r8319 = r8317 * r8318;
        double r8320 = -r8314;
        double r8321 = r8314 * r8314;
        double r8322 = 4.0;
        double r8323 = a;
        double r8324 = r8322 * r8323;
        double r8325 = r8324 * r8318;
        double r8326 = r8321 - r8325;
        double r8327 = sqrt(r8326);
        double r8328 = r8320 - r8327;
        double r8329 = r8319 / r8328;
        double r8330 = r8320 + r8327;
        double r8331 = r8317 * r8323;
        double r8332 = r8330 / r8331;
        double r8333 = r8316 ? r8329 : r8332;
        return r8333;
}

Reproduce

Please include this information when filing a bug report:

herbie shell --seed 2019305 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "jeff quadratic root 2"
  :precision binary64
  (if (>= b 0.0) (/ (* 2 c) (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4 a) c))))) (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4 a) c)))) (* 2 a))))

Backtrace

exact?: contract violation expected: number? given: 'h2		L	C
egg-parsed->expr	/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt	65	0
for-loop	/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt	70	6
egg-parsed->expr	/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt	65	0
for-loop	/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt	70	6
egg-parsed->expr	/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt	65	0
(unnamed)	/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/simplify.rkt	49	8
egraph-add-exprs	/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt	122	0
egraph-run	/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt	55	0
(unnamed)	/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/simplify.rkt	38	0
simplify!	/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/mainloop.rkt	223	0
run-improve47	/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/mainloop.rkt	345	0
(unnamed)	/opt/racket-7.2/collects/racket/private/more-scheme.rkt	261	28
run	/opt/racket-7.2/share/pkgs/profile-lib/main.rkt	39	2
profile-thunk16	/opt/racket-7.2/share/pkgs/profile-lib/main.rkt	9	0
(unnamed)	/opt/racket-7.2/collects/racket/private/more-scheme.rkt	261	28