Multiple choice

Let $\displaystyle \alpha ,\beta $ are the roots of the quadratic equation $\displaystyle 2x^{2}-mx-8=0 $. If $\displaystyle m_{1} $ and $\displaystyle m_{2} $ are the two values of $m$ for which $\displaystyle \left | \alpha -\beta \right |=m-1 $ then $\displaystyle \left ( m_{1}+m_{2} \right )$ is equal to

  1. $3$
  2. $\cfrac{8}{3}$
  3. $-\cfrac{3}{8}$
  4. $-8$
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