The roots of polynomial $ p(x) $ are:
$$ \begin{aligned}x_1 &= 10.0623\\[1 em]x_2 &= -6.0623 \end{aligned} $$The solutions of $ -x^2+4x+61 = 0 $ are: $ x = 2-\sqrt{ 65 } ~ \text{and} ~ x = 2+\sqrt{ 65 }$.
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