Rings and Fields- how to prove Z[x]/pZ[x] is an integral domain

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Homework Statement



Prove Z[x]/pZ[x] is an integral domain where p is a prime natural number.

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I've seen in notes that this quotient ring can be isomorphic to (z/p)[x] and this is an integral domain but I don't know how to prove there is an isomorphism between them and how to prove it is an integral domain...

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Do you have any suggestion about what the isomorphism will be?? Just write down some map that looks intuitively right, most of the time this works.
 
There are two things I don't understand about this problem. First, when finding the nth root of a number, there should in theory be n solutions. However, the formula produces n+1 roots. Here is how. The first root is simply ##\left(r\right)^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}##. Then you multiply this first root by n additional expressions given by the formula, as you go through k=0,1,...n-1. So you end up with n+1 roots, which cannot be correct. Let me illustrate what I mean. For this...
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