Fife is a unitary council region of Scotland situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth. It was originally one of the Pictish kingdoms and is still known as the Kingdom of Fife.
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The symbol
<math>\pm \sqrt {b^2-4ac}</math>
in the formula should be understood as "either of those element(s) of the field whose square equals b2 ...