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Being good mathematicians, we know that the 11 should be the sum of $p and $q - and the 28 should be the product of $p and $q.

 

x2+$p+$qx+$p*$q

 

but that isn't producing what we want.

 

clip2076

 

What we need is some way of doing a calculation. This time, we are going to do the calculation using the inline calculator.