Two students while solving a quadratic equation in 
, one copied the constant term incorrectly and got the roots 3 and 2. The other copied the constant term and coefficient of 
correctly as -6 and 1 respectively. The correct roots are
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Given:
Quadratic: 
(coefficient of 
)
One student copied c incorrectly and got roots 3 and 2 .
From Vieta's formula:
The correct quadratic has 
and 
, coefficient of 
. So the correct equation:
Factorize:
Correct roots: 
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