Solution

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Take . Write , so the extension is
The polynomial is irreducible over , for example by Eisenstein's criterion at in , and has as a root. Thus the extension has degree five.
The element has order five. Hence all roots of are
and already lie in . The extension is therefore the splitting field of and is normal. Its derivative is in characteristic eleven, so the polynomial is separable. By part (c),

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