Section 3.5 The Complex Zeros of a Polynomial Function

Before Starting this Section, Review

  1. 1 Long division (Section 3.3 , page 353)

  2. 2 Synthetic division (Section 3.3 , page 355)

  3. 3 Rational zeros theorem (Section 3.4 , page 365)

  4. 4 Complex numbers (Section 1.4 , page 120)

  5. 5 Conjugate of a complex number (Section 1.4 , page 123)

Objectives

  1. 1 Learn basic facts about the complex zeros of polynomials.

  2. 2 Use the Conjugate Pairs Theorem to find zeros of polynomials.

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