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Paper 2AlgebraLogic & proof

How many monic polynomials pp of degree 66 with integer coefficients satisfy all of the following conditions?

  • The coefficient of x5x^5 is 00 and the coefficient of x4x^4 is −30-30.
  • For infinitely many positive integers nn, the number p(n)p(n) is the square of an integer.
  • The polynomial pp has exactly three distinct real zeros, none of which is an integer.
A3434
B3636
C3838
D4040
E3232

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