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logarithm

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Alternative idea is to recognise that a perfect square will only have equal roots.

The only way when x2 - 4x + c = 0 has equal roots is when c = 4. We can see this by using the discriminant (as per what the other tutors wrote) or using completing the square.

There you have it, p = 16.