The roots of polynomial $ p(x) $ are:
$$ \begin{aligned}x_1 &= -2.3542\\[1 em]x_2 &= -7.6458 \end{aligned} $$The solutions of $ -x^2-10x-18 = 0 $ are: $ x = -5-\sqrt{ 7 } ~ \text{and} ~ x = -5+\sqrt{ 7 }$.
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