Why can't the polynomials have a root in $K$?

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I want to show the following statement:

Each proper subfield of an algebraically closed field is not algebraically closed.

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Suppose that it doesn't hold. Let $F$ be an algebraically closed field and $K$ a proper subfield of $F$.

Suppose that $K$ is algebraically closed. That means that all the non-constant polynomials of $K[x]$ have a root in $K$.

Why is this impossible?

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It's false, the set of complex numbers that are a root to a polynomial with integer coefficients form an algebraic closed field that does not contain $\pi$.