Imaginary Numbers On A Graph. A polynomial of degree n in general has n complex zeros including multiplicity. The definition of absolute value on a coordinate plane is the distance from the origin to the point.
This activity requires no prep student and teacher documents included. The real part is 2 and the imaginary part is 3 so the complex coordinate is 2 3 where 2 is on the real or horizontal axis and 3 is on the imaginary or vertical axis. Here s my basic explanation.
Treat the imaginary number as the combination of x coordinate and y coordinate.
This forms a right triangle with legs of 3 and 4. The simplest way to understand imaginary numbers is to interpret multiplication of 1 1 and 1 or as gauss says direct inverse and lateral units as rotation about the complex plane. It is a riddle worksheet where students have an answer bank and they use that to so. A polynomial of degree n in general has n complex zeros including multiplicity.