SOLUTION: how many solutions(real number or otherwise) do you anticipate for x^3-2x^2-x+2=0

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Question 409399: how many solutions(real number or otherwise) do you anticipate for x^3-2x^2-x+2=0
Answer by jsmallt9(3758) About Me  (Show Source):
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Within the set of complex numbers there are as many solutions to a polynomial equation as the degree of the polynomial.

So a third degree equation will have three solutions.