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

A

3,-2

B

`-3,2`

C

`-6,-6`

D

`6,-1`

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