Let p(x) be a polynomial with integer coefficients such that both equations p(x)=1 and p(x)=3 have integer solutions. Can the equation p(x)=2 have two different integer solutions?
Source: Baltic Way 1994
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Let p(x) be a polynomial with integer coefficients such that both equations p(x)=1 and p(x)=3 have integer solutions. Can the equation p(x)=2 have two different integer solutions?