Introduction

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Lesson Objectives

Following successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to...

  • Solve quadratic equations with real coefficients that have complex solutions.

Essential Questions

  • How do you find the zeros of a function?
  • Why are some solutions extraneous or complex?
  • How can you use functions to model real life problems?

Enduring Understandings

  • Student understand the origin of complex numbers and how to manipulate them.
  • Student understand the properties of and how to solve equations involving the different families of functions.

The above objectives correspond with the Alabama Course of Study: Algebra II with Statistics standards: 1, 6, 8, 11, and 12.