Recent questions and answers in Elementary Algebra

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Which of the following is FALSE?Every field is an integral domain.Every integral domain is fieldFinite integral domain is field.The ring $Z_{p}$ of integers module $p$ is...
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Consider the set of all possible polynomials$$x^{3}+a_{2} x^{2}+a_{1} x+a_{0}$$with $a_{0}, a_{1}, a_{2}$ integers and $\mid a_{0}\mid \in\{0, \ldots, 9\}$, such that for...
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If $\alpha, \beta, \gamma$ are roots of $x^{3}+a x+1=0$, then\[\frac{\alpha}{\beta}+\frac{\beta}{\alpha}+\frac{\beta}{\gamma}+\frac{\gamma}{\beta}+\frac{\alpha}{\gamma}+\...
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Consider the equation $x^{7}+4 x^{5}+2 x^{3}+x+1=0$. The number of real root(s) of this equation is$1$$3$$5$$7$
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Choose the correct statement for a group $\mathrm{G}$:If for all $x, y \in G,(x y)^{2}=x^{2} y^{2}$ then $\mathrm{G}$ is Commutative.If for all $x \in \mathrm{G}, x^{3}=1...
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A girl writes five consecutive positive integers on a blackboard. She then erases one of them. The sum of the remaining four numbers is $2025.$ What number did she erase?
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Consider the following polynomial of positive degree $n$\[P_{n}(x)=1+2 x+3 x^{2}+\ldots+(n+1) x^{n}.\]Show that there is no real number $r$ such that $P_{n}(r)=0$ when $n...
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The number of real cubic polynomials of the form $x^{3}+a x+b$, each of whose complex roots lies on the unit circle $S^{1}=\{z \in \mathbb{C} \mid z \bar{z}=1\}$, equals$...
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There exists a linear polynomial $p(x) \in \mathbb{R}[x]$, for which there exist exactly two subsets $S \subset \mathbb{R}$ such that $p(S)=S$ and such that $\# S=2$.
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Let $p(x)=(x-1)(x-2) \cdots(x-n+1)(x-n)-1$ be a polynomial where $n \geq 1$. Suppose $p(x)=f(x) g(x)$ where $f$ and $g$ are both polynomials with integer coefficients.Sho...
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