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Find two numbers that sum to -6 and which multiply to 5.

The answer to that is -1 and -5

So: x2 - 6x + 5 = 0 implies (x - 1)*(x - 5) = 0

which is true if and only if x - 1 = 0 or x - 5 = 0

which is true if and only if x = 1 or x = 5

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