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The harmonic mean of two numbers is `-(8)/(5)` and their geometric mean is 2 . The quadratic equation whose roots are twice those numbers is

A

`x^(2)+10x+16=0`

B

`x^(2)-10x+16=0`

C

`x^(2)+5x+4=0`

D

`x^(2)-5x+4=0`

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