The roots of polynomial $ p(x) $ are:
$$ \begin{aligned}x_1 &= -2.1898\\[1 em]x_2 &= -17.8102 \end{aligned} $$The solutions of $ -x^2-20x-39 = 0 $ are: $ x = -10-\sqrt{ 61 } ~ \text{and} ~ x = -10+\sqrt{ 61 }$.
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