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Finding roots of equation to give frequencies?

If I had a quadratic equation, for a vibration problem and solved it to find the two frequencies, how do I know which is omega_1 and omega_2?

eg. omega^2 + 15167omega + 15000000 = 0

gives omega = 118 and 32.6

but what I want to know is how do I know which is omega_1 and omega_2, for further calculations?

Thanks
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Surely it's whichever one you choose it to be as long as your consistent?

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