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How can you solve for the allowed range of x? (Don't actually do this unless you want to).

Answer:

The result, poly must fit into 32 bits, two's complement. So -231 ≤ 5x2 -12x + 97 ≤ 231 - 1. Further algebraic fussing gives the range of x.


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