Counting Quintics With a Rational Root

Problem

Let $p$ and $q$ be positive integers, each at most $100$ . How many polynomials of the form

f(x) = x^5 + px + q

have a rational root?

Answer

Solution

Difficulty	6/10
Topics	number theory, Polynomials

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