The roots of polynomial $ p(x) $ are:
$$ \begin{aligned}x_1 &= 3.2361\\[1 em]x_2 &= -1.2361 \end{aligned} $$The solutions of $ x^2-2x-4 = 0 $ are: $ x = 1-\sqrt{ 5 } ~ \text{and} ~ x = 1+\sqrt{ 5 }$.
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