2. CHAPTER 3: Quadratic Functions and Equations; Inequalities
3.1 The Complex Numbers
3.2 Quadratic Equations, Functions, Zeros, and Models
3.3 Analyzing Graphs of Quadratic Functions
3.4 Solving Rational Equations and Radical Equations
3.5 Solving Equations and Inequalities with Absolute Value
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3. Perform computations involving complex numbers.
3.1 The Complex Numbers
Perform computations involving complex numbers.
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4. The Complex-Number System
Some functions have zeros that are not real numbers.
The complex-number system is used to find zeros of functions that are not real numbers.
When looking at a graph of a function, if the graph does not cross the x-axis, then it has no x-intercepts, and thus it has no real-number zeros.
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Example
Express each number in terms of i.
Solution
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Example (continued)
Solution continued
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Complex Numbers
A complex number is a number of the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers. The number a is said to be the real part of a + bi and the number b is said to be the imaginary part of a + bi.
Imaginary Number a + bi, a ≠ 0, b ≠ 0
Pure Imaginary Number a + bi, a = 0, b ≠ 0
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8. Addition and Subtraction
Complex numbers obey the commutative, associative, and distributive laws.
We add or subtract them as we do binomials.
We collect the real parts and the imaginary parts of complex numbers just as we collect like terms in binomials.
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Example
Add or subtract and simplify each of the following.
a. (8 + 6i) + (3 + 2i) b. (4 + 5i) – (6 – 3i)
Solution
a. (8 + 6i) + (3 + 2i) = (8 + 3) + (6i + 2i)
= 11 + (6 + 2)i = i
b. (4 + 5i) – (6 – 3i) = (4 – 6) + [5i  (–3i)]
=  2 + 8i
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Multiplication
When and are real numbers,
This is not true when and are not real numbers.
Note: Remember i2 = –1
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Example
Multiply and simplify each of the following.
Solution
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Example (continued)
Solution continued
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13. Simplifying Powers of i
Recall that 1 raised to an even power is 1, and 1 raised to an odd power is 1.
Simplifying powers of i can then be done by using the fact that i2 = –1 and expressing the given power of i in terms of i2.
Note that powers of i cycle through i, –1, –i, and 1.
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Conjugates
The conjugate of a complex number a + bi is a  bi. The numbers a + bi and a  bi are complex conjugates.
Examples:
3 + 7i and 3  7i
14  5i and i
8i and 8i
The product of a complex number and its conjugate is a real number.
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15. Multiplying Conjugates - Example
Multiply each of the following.
a. (5 + 7i)(5 – 7i) b. (8i)(–8i)
Solution
a. (5 + 7i)(5  7i) = 52  (7i)2
= 25  49i2
= 25  49(1) =
= 74
b. (8i)(–8i) = 64i2
= 64(1)
= 64
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16. Dividing Using Conjugates - Example
Divide 2  5i by 1  6i.
Solution: Write fraction notation. Multiply by 1, using the conjugate of the denominator to form the symbol for 1.
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