A Quintic Equation with Exactly One Real Solution

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Reason: First publication. Introductory calculus problem: a quintic equation with exactly one real solution, via the intermediate value theorem and strict monotonicity. · 287 chars · 2 deps · depth 17

Introductory calculus. Show that $x^5+x-1$ has exactly one real zero and locate it in the open interval from $0$ to $1$ , combining the intermediate value theorem with strict monotonicity from the sign of the derivative.

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In the setting of Single-Variable Calculus on an Interval, let $p:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ be the polynomial function given by

p(x)=x^5+x-1 .

Problem. Show that there is exactly one real number $c$ with $p(c)=0$ , and that $0<c<1$ .

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