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What is the minimum amount of real solutions a quintic polynomial can have

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1 this is the answer and I must have 20 characters
User Rolintocour
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Answer:

1

Explanation:

I'm not sure if this is right, but I think it's 1. If you think about the simplest quintic polynomial, x^5, and set it to any real number, you'll always get 1 solution. I don't think it's possible to have 0 or no real solutions. Hope this helps!

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