Separable/Inseparable degree importance

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Using the usual definition of inseparable and separable degrees (from Abstract Algebra by Dummit and Foote) I proved the following:

If $f$ is a irreducible polynomial. The separable degree of $f$ is the number of distinct roots of $f$ in a splitting field, the inseparable degree of $f$ is the multiplicity of each root.

The book does not mention this result, but I think it is true. Is it true?

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