The roots of polynomial $ p(x) $ are:
$$ \begin{aligned}x_1 &= 3.5726\\[1 em]x_2 &= -2.2393 \end{aligned} $$The solutions of $ 3x^2-4x-24 = 0 $ are: $ x = \dfrac{ 2 }{ 3 }-\dfrac{ 2 \sqrt{ 19}}{ 3 } ~ \text{and} ~ x = \dfrac{ 2 }{ 3 }+\dfrac{ 2 \sqrt{ 19}}{ 3 }$.
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