The roots of polynomial $ p(t) $ are:
$$ \begin{aligned}t_1 &= 4\\[1 em]t_2 &= 1 \end{aligned} $$The solutions of $ -t^2+5t-4 = 0 $ are: $ t = 1 ~ \text{and} ~ t = 4$.
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