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Re:Why do roots of polynomials tend to have absolute value 1? by conistonwater on Sunday October 05, 2014 @07:50AM (#8412052)
This is the heuristic explanation given in the answer just below the top one, so you are definitely right there.

I also think it's important to mention that the roots ax^300-b have magnitude (b/a)^(1/300), which is much closer to 1 than b/a, which is why the magnitudes of a and b don't matter very much.

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