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HMMT 2010 A9

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Let f(x)=cx(x−1)f(x)=c x(x-1), where cc is a positive real number. We use fn(x)f^{n}(x) to denote the polynomial obtained by composing ff with itself nn times. For every positive integer nn, all the roots of fn(x)f^{n}(x) are real. What is the smallest possible value of cc ?

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