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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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