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A continuous and differentiable function `y=f(x)` is such that its graph cuts line `y=m x+c` at `n` distinct points. Then the minimum number of points at which `f^(x)=0` is/are

A

`n-1`

B

`n-3`

C

`n-2`

D

cannot say

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