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p-adic density of zeroes of a polynomial

I saw the following definition of the p-adic densities of zeroes of a system of polynomial equations:

Definition: Suppose that we have a system of homogeneous polynomials
   of degree $d$, $ f=(f_1,\cdots, f_r)$, where $ f_i \in \mathbb Z[x_1,
 \cdots, x_s]$. Let $p$ be a prime number and let $ \ell \in \mathbb
 Z_{>0}$. Consider the number:
$$ \nu_{\ell}(p) := \{ x=(x_1, \cdots, x_s) \in \mathbb Z^s | f(x)
 \equiv 0 ( mod p^{\ell}) \}$$
which is the number of solutions of the system of the congruences $
f(x) \equiv 0 ( mod p^{\ell}) $.
Set $ \mu_{\ell} = \nu_{\ell} p^{ \ell (r-s) }$. The limit 
$$ \mu (p) = \lim_{l \to \infty} \mu_{\ell} $$
when it exists is called the p-adic density of zeros of the system
  $f$.

Because I don't understand it very well I thought to do an example with just one polynomil to see how it works.
Find the p-adic density of zeros of the polynomial $ f(x_1, x_2,x_3,x_4)= x_1 +bx_2 +cx_3 +dx_4 \in \mathbb Z [x_1,x_2,x_3,x_4]$.
Can someone help with the above example because I have no idea how to do it.
Thank you in advance!

A:

The equation $f(x) \equiv 0 \pmod{p^\ell}$ is easily solvable, since any choice of $x_2, x_3, x_4$ (modulo $p^{\ell}$) gives you a solution precisely with $x_1 = - b x_2 - c x_3 - d x_4$. Thus, in your notation, $\nu_{\ell}(p) = (p^3)^{\ell} = p^{3 \ell}$. Then $\mu_{\ell} = p^{3 \ell} p^{-3 \ell} = 1$, and so the density equals $1$.

