Lesson: Zeros of Polynomial Functions Mathematics • Third Year of Preparatory School

Students will be able to

• recognize that the function , where , only has zeros in the case where ,
• validate if a given value is a zero of a given polynomial function,
• find the set of zeros of a linear function,
• find the set of zeros of a quadratic function,
• find the set of zeros of a cubic function,
• find the set of zeros of a higher-degree function providing it can be factored directly or using substitution,
• find unknown coefficients of a polynomial function given a zero or a set of zeros for this function.