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This simplifies to x2 + 10x + 17 = 0 which has no solution in integers. Quadratic formula gives roots as -2.17 and -7.83 to the nearest hundredth.

If the original equation had been "equals 0" rather than "equals 8", there would have been only one root: x = -5

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