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Odd and Integer Zeros (Posted on 2011-04-13) Difficulty: 1 of 5
P(x) is a polynomial with integer coefficients such that each of P(0) and P(1) is odd.

Prove that P has no integer zeros.

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(In reply to Question... by Dej Mar)

The zero of a function is a value for x such that P(x)=0

The problem is to prove that there are no integers for x that make this true, given that P(0) and P(1) are both odd (integer) numbers.



  Posted by Jer on 2011-04-13 15:08:53

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