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



Bits error versus a



Bits error versus x



Bits error versus b



Bits error versus y
Results
Initial program 16.1
Final simplification16.1
herbie shell --seed 2020153
(FPCore (a x b y)
:name "(/ (- (* a x) (* b y)) (- x y))"
:precision binary64
(/ (- (* a x) (* b y)) (- x y)))