The roots of polynomial $ p(x) $ are:
$$ \begin{aligned}x_1 &= 15.9462\\[1 em]x_2 &= 2.0538 \end{aligned} $$The solutions of $ 4x^2-72x+131 = 0 $ are: $ x = 9-\dfrac{\sqrt{ 193 }}{ 2 } ~ \text{and} ~ x = 9+\dfrac{\sqrt{ 193 }}{ 2 }$.
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