The roots of polynomial $ p(x) $ are:
$$ \begin{aligned}x_1 &= 0.5388\\[1 em]x_2 &= -1.6499 \end{aligned} $$The solutions of $ 9x^2+10x-8 = 0 $ are: $ x = -\dfrac{ 5 }{ 9 }-\dfrac{\sqrt{ 97 }}{ 9 } ~ \text{and} ~ x = -\dfrac{ 5 }{ 9 }+\dfrac{\sqrt{ 97 }}{ 9 }$.
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