THE RATIONAL ROOT THEOREM

Used to factor polynomials when no other method works

THE RATIONAL ZERO THEOREM

If f(x) is a polynomial with INTEGER coefficients, then the candidates for every rational zero of f has the following form:

Take each factor of p and divide it by each factor of q until all +/- fractional and integer factors can be found.

You will not just divide and get one answer, there will be multiple candidates for zeros

PRACTICE USING FACTOR THEOREM

Find all the zeros for:

Take ALL factors of p over ALL factors of q

HOW CAN WE USE THE GRAPHING CALCULATOR TO CHECK ZEROS?

Once you have found some zeros for a function –(use )

Plug in a value for x using the store feature Example try x=1, use 1, STO, X (I think of this as

saying I want 1 stored as x.) Then you can type in the whole function above

and press enter/= and you will get either the remainder or f(x) value.

We are looking for zeros, once you try one number you can continue to back your way through the previous entries using 2nd, Enter so you do not have to keep typing in the whole polynomial.

RATIONAL ROOT THEOREM APPLICATION Use the rational root theorem to factor the

following completely and find all zeros. Once you get one zero you can use

synthetic division to factor and find the other zeros

Ex: 2nd Ex:

Practice pg. 91 #7

TURNING POINTS ON THE GRAPH

Based on the degree of any polynomial, the maximum number of turning points on the graph will be one less than the degree: Ex: How many turning points does each

graph have below?

HOMEWORK

Pg. 91 12-13 Pg. 92 2-3, 12-13OPTIONAL BONUS: pg. 92 #10 (+4)