Show the following: If a polynomial has integer coefficients and its leading coefficient is 1, then all of its rational zeros are in fact integers.
By the Rational Zero Test, a rational zero of the form 
must satisfy that q divides the leading coefficient 1; consequently 
, so 
an integer.
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