Answer:
[tex]\boxed{\sf \ \ \ k = 1 \ \ \ }[/tex]
Step-by-step explanation:
hello,
saying that p-1 is a factor of [tex]p^4+p^2-p-k[/tex]
means that 1 is a root of this expression, so it comes
1+1-1-k=0
<=> 1-k=0
<=> k = 1
