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Category: Crypto

Difficulty: Easy

A mad mathematician has encoded a message using quadratic binomials. Each character is encoded as the positive root of a quadratic function. Find all roots to decode the flag.

Yeah, this is especially for you Albercik

Remember:

  • If the function has two roots, use the positive one
  • If the function has only one root, that's your solution

Required:
- Any programming language or paper and pencil if you're patient enough

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