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Fix how to set BOOST_ROOT (#8894) 

## Summary of Changes

We require at least 1.74, but we gave an example with 1.70
We did not give the path to the boost cmake config file.   

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* Affected package(s): documentation
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@ -69,8 +69,9 @@ For Visual C++ you can download precompiled libraries
from <A HREF="https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost-binaries/">`https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost-binaries/`</A>. from <A HREF="https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost-binaries/">`https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost-binaries/`</A>.
As there is no canonical directory for where to find \boost on Windows, As there is no canonical directory for where to find \boost on Windows,
we recommend that you define the environment variable we recommend to use the config mode of CMake by defining the environment variable
`BOOST_ROOT` and set it to where you have installed \boost, e.g., `C:\boost\boost_1_70_0`. `Boost_DIR` (case sensitive) to the path of the directory in your boost installation
containing the file `BoostConfig.cmake`, e.g.`C:/local/boost_1_80_0/lib64-msvc-14.3/cmake/Boost-1.80.0`.
\subsection thirdpartyMP Multi Precision Number Type Library \subsection thirdpartyMP Multi Precision Number Type Library