2017 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 21

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A set $S$ is constructed as follows. To begin, $S = \{0,10\}$ . Repeatedly, as long as possible, if $x$ is an integer root of some polynomial $a_{n}x^n + a_{n-1}x^{n-1} + ... + a_{1}x + a_0$ for some $n\geq{1}$ , all of whose coefficients $a_i$ are elements of $S$ , then $x$ is put into $S$ . When no more elements can be added to $S$ , how many elements does $S$ have?

$\textbf{(A)}\ 4 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 5 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 7 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 9 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 11$

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2017 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 21

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