answer:Here's how you can implement a concurrent.futures threadpool of asyncio event loops to speed up asyncio requests: ```python import asyncio import concurrent.futures import aiohttp async def fetch_data(session, url): async with session.get(url) as response: return await response.text() async def fetch_all(session, urls): tasks = [fetch_data(session, url) for url in urls] return await asyncio.gather(*tasks) def run_asyncio_loop(urls): loop = asyncio.new_event_loop() asyncio.set_event_loop(loop) async def main(): async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session: return await fetch_all(session, urls) try: return loop.run_until_complete(main()) finally: loop.close() data_list = ['url1', 'url2', 'url3', 'url4', 'url5', 'url6', 'url7', 'url8', 'url9', 'url10'] num_threads = 5 chunk_size = len(data_list) // num_threads with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=num_threads) as pool: futures = [] for i in range(0, len(data_list), chunk_size): chunk = data_list[i:i + chunk_size] futures.append(pool.submit(run_asyncio_loop, chunk)) for future in concurrent.futures.as_completed(futures): print(future.result()) ``` In this code, we define an `fetch_data` function that makes a GET request to a URL using aiohttp, and an `fetch_all` function that uses asyncio.gather to make multiple requests concurrently. The `run_asyncio_loop` function creates a new asyncio event loop, sets up an aiohttp client session, and runs the `fetch_all` function to make requests to a list of URLs. We then use a ThreadPoolExecutor to run multiple `run_asyncio_loop` functions concurrently, each with a chunk of the `data_list` URLs. Note that we use `asyncio.new_event_loop()` and `asyncio.set_event_loop()` to create and set a new event loop for each thread, because asyncio event loops are not thread-safe. We also use `loop.close()` to close the event loop after it's finished running, to ensure that the threads exit cleanly. Also note that this code assumes that the URLs are independent and do not need to be processed in any particular order. If the URLs need to be processed in a specific order, you may need to use a different approach.

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answer:- **Calculate Q(-1):** [ Q(-1) = (-1)^4 + 2(-1)^3 - (-1)^2 + 4(-1) + 6 = 1 - 2 - 1 - 4 + 6 = 0 ] - **Product of zeros (Using Vieta's formulas, d is the constant term):** [ text{Product of zeros} = 6 ] - **Sum of the coefficients (Q(x) = x^4 + 2x^3 - x^2 + 4x + 6):** [ 1 + 2 - 1 + 4 + 6 = 12 ] - **Assumption about real zeros:** If Q(x)=x^4 + 2x^3 - x^2 + 4x + 6 has at least two real zeros (as suggested by a sign change in the polynomial's value), the sum of these roots based on the typical behavior of a quartic could roughly be around the mean value of expected turning points from graph. We need further verification for exact values, so we leave this undetermined. - **Product of non-real zeros:** Without specific roots given and exploring graph behavior, judge product of non-real zeros. Given a constant term of 6, if all zeros are real and positive, then their product should be 6. However, any non-real zeros must result in a smaller product when coupled with their conjugates. This value cannot accurately be determined, but based on usual polynomial root behavior, we might expect something smaller than 6. Since the exact product of non-real zeros is not immediately determinable and depends on factors not provided, we inductively reason it could be smaller. Answer-choice might still be C as the safest assumption until further context can confirm otherwise. Conclusion: Given the calculations, [ boxed{text{A}} ] would be the smallest.