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Problem

It is given that one root of $2x^2 + rx + s = 0$, with $r$ and $s$ real numbers, is $3+2i (i = \sqrt{-1})$. The value of $s$ is:

$\textbf{(A)}\ \text{undetermined}\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 5\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 6\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ -13\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 26$

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