diff --git a/modules/util/util.py b/modules/util/util.py
index 01bbb9094a022d43ab734541ddf9283086b6a58d..bc1f27985193c5531e1e327ec858042c03b50009 100644
--- a/modules/util/util.py
+++ b/modules/util/util.py
@@ -113,6 +113,5 @@ def pressure_to_altitude(pres, temp, prof_pres, prof_temp, sfc_pres, sfc_temp, s
 
 # http://fourier.eng.hmc.edu/e176/lectures/NM/node25.html
 def minimize_quadratic(xa, xb, xc, ya, yb, yc):
-    x_min = xb + 0.5*(((ya-yb)*(xc-xb)*(xc-xb) - (yc-yb)*(xb-xa)(xb-xa)) /
-                      ((ya-yb)*(xc-xb) + (yc-yb)*(xb-xa)))
-    return x_min
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+    x_m = xb + 0.5*(((ya-yb)*(xc-xb)*(xc-xb) - (yc-yb)*(xb-xa)*(xb-xa)) / ((ya-yb)*(xc-xb) + (yc-yb)*(xb-xa)))
+    return x_m
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