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8. Sachin and Rahul attempted to solve a quadratic equation. Sachin made a mistake in writing down the constant term and ended up in roots (4,3). Rahul made a mistake in writing down coefficient of x to get roots (3, 2). The correct roots of equation are:

A

`-4,-3`

B

`6,1`

C

4,3

D

`-6,-1`

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