Suppose $a, b, c$ are three distinct real numbers, let $P(x)=\frac{(x-b)(x-c)}{(a-b)(a-c)}+\frac{(x-c)(x-a)}{(b-c)(b-a)}+\frac{(x-a)(x-b)}{(c-a)(c-b)}$ When simplified, $P(x)$ becomes

  • [KVPY 2011]
  • A

    $1$

  • B

    $x$

  • C

    $\frac{x^2+(a+b+c)(a b+b c+c a)}{(a-b)(b-c)(c-a)}$

  • D

    $0$

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