1) D, This is the area outside a circle of radius 1 but inside the sort of rounded square of "radius" 1.
There is a continuum of points satisfying this.
2)
x4−x2+2x−1=x4−(x2−2x+1)=x4−(x−1)2=(x2−(x−1))(x2+(x−1))=(x2−x+1)(x2+x−1)The discriminant of the first factor is D=(−1)2−4=−3The discriminant of the second factor is D=1+4=5Thus the first factor has no real roots, while the second has two real rootsThus there are a total of two real roots of the original equation