The roots of polynomial $ p(x) $ are:
$$ \begin{aligned}x_1 &= 17\\[1 em]x_2 &= 1 \end{aligned} $$The solutions of $ x^2-18x+17 = 0 $ are: $ x = 1 ~ \text{and} ~ x = 17$.
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