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How many solutions does a 3rd degree polynomial have?

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It can have either 1, 2, or 3 solutions.
It cannot have no solutions since it is an odd function.
You can predict how many solutions there are based on the degree of the polynomial just like a cubic could have 3 different solutions and a quintic could have 5.
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