The root of polynomial $ p(x) $ is:
$$ \begin{aligned}x &= -\frac{ 1 }{ 7 } \end{aligned} $$Step 1:
Combine like terms:
$$ \color{blue}{3x} + \color{blue}{4x} +1 = \color{blue}{7x} +1 $$Step 2:
$$ \begin{aligned} 7x+1 & = 0 \\[1 em] 7 \cdot x & = -1 \\[1 em] x & = - \frac{ 1 }{ 7 } \end{aligned} $$