Section 4.8.1 – Complex Numbers Objective: Identify, graph and use complex numbers EQ: What are imaginary numbers, and how do I use them?
Essential Understandings Imaginary Unit If then Complex Numbers Number in the form of a – is the real part b – is the imaginary part
Essential Understandings Complex Number Plane x-axis is the real axis y-axis is the imaginary axis Points are (a, b) Absolute Value of a complex number Distance from the origin in the complex plane.
Ex. 1 – Simplify
Ex. 2 – What are the graph and absolute value of
Ex. 3 – Adding and subtracting complex numbers
Ex. 4 – Multiplying complex numbers (remember, )