The roots of polynomial $ p(x) $ are:
$$ \begin{aligned}x_1 &= -1\\[1 em]x_2 &= -19 \end{aligned} $$The solutions of $ -x^2-20x-19 = 0 $ are: $ x = -19 ~ \text{and} ~ x = -1$.
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