\frac{a \cdot y - b \cdot x}{y - x}\frac{a \cdot y - b \cdot x}{y - x}double code(double a, double y, double b, double x) {
return ((double) (((double) (((double) (a * y)) - ((double) (b * x)))) / ((double) (y - x))));
}
double code(double a, double y, double b, double x) {
return ((double) (((double) (((double) (a * y)) - ((double) (b * x)))) / ((double) (y - x))));
}



Bits error versus a



Bits error versus y



Bits error versus b



Bits error versus x
Results
Initial program 16.2
Final simplification16.2
herbie shell --seed 2020152
(FPCore (a y b x)
:name "(/ (- (* a y) (* b x)) (- y x))"
:precision binary64
(/ (- (* a y) (* b x)) (- y x)))