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If `x-r` is a factor of the polynomial `f(x)=a_0x^n+a_1x^(n-1)+.....+a_n` repeated `m` times, `(1ltxlt=n),` then `r` is a root of `f^(prime)(x)=0`repeated `m` times.

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