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One of the two students while solving a quadratic equation in $x$ copied the constant term incorrectly and got his roots as $3,2.$ The other copied the constant and coefficient term of $x^2$ correctly as $-6, 1$ respectively. The correct roots of the equation are?

(A) $3,-2$
(B) $-3,2$
(C) $3,3$
(D) $-6,-1$
(E) $6,-1$

Answuer: E

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