Common Core Math - HS Number and Quantity

Lesson Plan

Calculate distance and midpoint on complex plane

Goals / Objectives

Calculate the distance between two complex numbers using the modulus of their difference.

Find the midpoint of a segment between two complex numbers using their average.

Recognize that the complex-plane distance and midpoint formulas are restatements of the familiar coordinate-geometry formulas.

Solve geometric problems on the complex plane involving distance and midpoint.

Standards

HSN.CN.B.6

Academic Vocabulary

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Guided Practice

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