Equations and Inequalities
Virginia SOL A2.EI.6
Represent, solve, and interpret polynomial equations.
What students need to be able to do
- Determine a factored form of a polynomial equation of degree three or higher, given its zeros or the x-intercepts of the graph of its related function.
- Determine the number and type of solutions (real or imaginary) of a polynomial equation of degree three or higher.
- Solve a polynomial equation over the set of complex numbers.
- Verify possible solutions to polynomial equations of degree three or higher algebraically, graphically, and with technology.