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2.7 Apply the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra Polynomials Quiz: Tomorrow (over factoring and Long/Synthetic Division) Polynomials Test: Friday Vocabulary When a factor of a polynomial appears more than once, you can count its solution more than once. The repeated factor produces a repeated solution. If f(x) is a polynomial of degree n where n > 0, then the equation f(x) = 0 has exactly n solutions provided each solution repeated twice is counted as 2 solutions, each solution repeated three times is counted as 3 solutions, and so on. Vocabulary Complex Conjugates Theorem: If f is a polynomial function with real coefficients, and a + bi is an imaginary zero of f, then a – bi is also a zero of f. Vocabulary: Irrational Conjugates Theorem: Suppose f is a polynomial function with rational coefficients, and a and b are rational numbers such that b is irrational. If a b is a zero of f, then a b is also a zero of f. Example 1: Find all zeros of f(x) = x5 – x4 – 7x3 + 11x2 + 16x – 20 Step 1: Find all the rational zeros of f. -2 is a zero repeated twice and 1 is a zero, so… (x + 2)(x + 2)(x – 1) **(x + 2)(x + 2)(x – 1) does not multiply out to give us the original function** Example 1: Continued -2 Step 2: Divide f by its known factors x + 2, x + 2, and x - 1 1 -1 -7 11 16 - 20 Now, divide what you got by the next factor. And so on until you have divided with all factors Step 3: Find the complex zeros. You Try: Find all the zeros of the function f(x) = x4 – 4x3 + 5x2 – 2x - 12 Example 2: Write a polynomial function of least degree that has rational coefficients, a leading coefficient of 1, and 4 and 1 2 as zeros. You Try: Write a polynomial function f of least degree that has rational coefficients, a leading coefficient of 1, and the given zeros. i, 4 Homework: Study for Polynomial Quiz tomorrow I will post the answers to the Factoring WS online. Look over Long/Synthetic Division