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two variable ploynomial $P(x,y)$ is a two variable polynomial with real coefficients. degree of a monomial means sum of the powers of $x$ and $y$ in it. we denote by $Q(x,y)$ sum of monomials with the most degree in $P(x,y)$. (for example if $P(x,y)=3x^4y-2x^2y^3+5xy^2+x-5$ then $Q(x,y)=3x^4y-2x^2y^3$.) suppose that there are real numbers $x_1$,$y_1$,$x_2$ and $y_2$ such that $Q(x_1,y_1)>0$ , $Q(x_2,y_2)<0$ prove that the set $\{(x,y)|P(x,y)=0\}$ is not bounded. (we call a set $S$ of plane bounded if there exist positive number $M$ such that the distance of elements of $S$ from the origin is less than $M$.) time allowed for this question was 1 hour.