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OpenStudy (anonymous):

HELP! WILL MEDAL!!!!!!!!!!

OpenStudy (bloomlocke367):

post your question :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I'm guessing none

OpenStudy (bloomlocke367):

well, when you want to know how many solutions can be found for a given equation, you just look at the highest power. For example, \(x^2+2x-3\) will have 2 solutions, and \(x^5+3x^2-2x+1\) will have five solutions. Does that make sense?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So it would be none seeing how there is not a power in the problem?

OpenStudy (bloomlocke367):

no, there is an understood power of 1. make sense? isn't \(5x^1\) the same as \(5x\)?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yeah, so it would be 10 solutions?

OpenStudy (bloomlocke367):

No. Think about it.

OpenStudy (bloomlocke367):

10 isn't even an option

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