The most solutions that you can have is equal to the degree of the equation. For example:
[tex]x^{2}+2x-5[/tex] The highest degree is 2, it will have two solutions.
[tex]x+1[/tex] The highest degree of [tex]x[/tex] is 1, so it will have one solution.
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