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Published on: August 13, 2026

Two students while solving a quadratic equation in x, one copied the constant term incorrectly and got the roots 3 and 2. The other copied the constant term and coefficient of x 2 correctly as –6 and 1 respectively. The correct roots are

A
3, –2
B
-3, 2
C
–6, –1
D
6, -1

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The correct answer is:
D

Let the correct equation be and the correct roots and . Taking wrong, the roots are 3 and 2.

Also and

Solving (i) and (ii), the correct roots are 6 and -1.

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