Given quintic polynomial with its leading coefficient being 1, it satisfies , . Then the coefficient of the term of degree 1 of is ______.
Solution
Let , and then is also a quintic polynomial with its leading coefficient being 1. And there is
Hence, has 5 real roots, namely, . Therefore,
and thus,
Consequently, the coefficient of the term of degree 1 of is
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