HMMT February

Algebra Difficulty 4.7 AIME Find the answer

How many roots does $\arctan x=x^{2}-1.6$ have, where the arctan function is defined in the range $-\frac{p i}{2}<\arctan x<\frac{p i}{2}$ ?

Your answer

A number or a short expression. Fractions can be typed as 3/2, and spacing doesn't matter.

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