$ f\left(x^{2}+1\right)=f(x) g(x) $ for every $x \in \mathbb{R},$ then

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If two real polynomials $f(x)$ and $g(x)$ of degrees $m(\geq 2)$ and $n(\geq 1)$ respectively, satisfy $$ f\left(x^{2}+1\right)=f(x) g(x) $$ for every $x \in \mathbb{R},$ then

(A) $f$ has exactly one real root $x_{0}$ such that $f^{\prime}\left(x_{0}\right) \neq 0$

(B) $f$ has exactly one real root $x_{0}$ such that $f^{\prime}\left(x_{0}\right)=0$

(C) $f$ has $m$ distinct real roots

(D) $f$ has no real root.

My approach

let f(x) has a real root $x_{0}$

$$ f\left(x_{0}^{2}+1\right)=f(x_{0})g(x_{0}) $$ $f\left(x_{0}^{2}+1\right)=0$

it's indicating $\mathrm{}, \quad\left(x_{0}^{2}+1\right)$ also a root of $\mathrm{f}(\mathrm{x})$

We can assume, $$ x=x^{2}+1; x^{2}-x+1=0; x=\frac{+1 \pm \sqrt{1-4}}{2}=\frac{+1 \pm \sqrt{3}}{2} $$ So,Not possible, $\left(x_{0}^{2}+1\right)$ also is a root ot $f(x)$ along With $x_{0}$.

If we go like this , let $x_{1}$ is a real root of $f(x)$

$f(x_{1}) = 0$ again $(x_{0}^{2}+1)$ will also be a root!

So, $f(x)$ will contain infinite root,but that is violating the condition of degree m. Hence $f(x)$ has no real roots.

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You have shown that $x_0\neq 1+x_0^{2}$ but there is no guarantee that the third root is different from the first root $x_0$. Instead of this let $x_1=1+x_0^{2}$ and $x_{n+1}=1+x_n^{2}$ for all $n \geq 2$. Verify by induction that $x_n \geq n$ for all $n \geq 1$. This shows that $x_n \to \infty$ so there are infintely many roots.