A value c c is said to be a root of a polynomial p(x) p x if p(c)=0 p c = 0. The largest exponent of x x appearing in p(x) p x is called the degree of p p. If p(x) p x has degree n n, then it is well known that there are n n roots, once one takes into account multiplicity. More @Wikipedia
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