Abstract algebra questions relating to Ideals and cardinality of factor rings

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Homework Statement


Find the number of elements in the ring Z_5[x]/I, where I is a) the ideal generated by x^4+4, and b) where I is the ideal generated by x^4+4 and x^2+3x+1.


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Can't think of any.


The Attempt at a Solution


I started by finding the zeros of the generating polynomial for part a (which are 1, 2, 3, and 4 in Z_5), but I'm not even sure if that helps. This problem is from a list of practice problems for a test, but they're all of a type which we haven't covered in class, and I can't find any reference to anything like this in my textbook.
 
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Prove $$\int\limits_0^{\sqrt2/4}\frac{1}{\sqrt{x-x^2}}\arcsin\sqrt{\frac{(x-1)\left(x-1+x\sqrt{9-16x}\right)}{1-2x}} \, \mathrm dx = \frac{\pi^2}{8}.$$ Let $$I = \int\limits_0^{\sqrt 2 / 4}\frac{1}{\sqrt{x-x^2}}\arcsin\sqrt{\frac{(x-1)\left(x-1+x\sqrt{9-16x}\right)}{1-2x}} \, \mathrm dx. \tag{1}$$ The representation integral of ##\arcsin## is $$\arcsin u = \int\limits_{0}^{1} \frac{\mathrm dt}{\sqrt{1-t^2}}, \qquad 0 \leqslant u \leqslant 1.$$ Plugging identity above into ##(1)## with ##u...
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