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At most, how many unique roots with a fifth degree polynomial function have?

A) 5
B) 6
C) 4
D) 10

User Roloenusa
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The main polynomial thereom says that for every polynom f(x) of degree n then the equation f(x)=0 cannot have more than n roots (counting multiplicity).
If you have a fifth degree polynomial function, then the polynom f(x) cannot have more than unique 5 roots (if some of them have multiplicity more than 1, then the number of roots is less).
Hence the correct choice is A.

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