SOLUTION: PLease help to simplify -3i^4 + 5i^3 DIVIDED BY 6i^2 - 7i

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: PLease help to simplify
-3i^4 + 5i^3
DIVIDED BY
6i^2 - 7i
This question is from textbook An Incremental Development

Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
3i^4 + 5i^3
DIVIDED BY
6i^2 - 7i
:
It helps to know the pattern of how the successive powers of i are simplified:
i^1 = i
i^2 = -1
i^3 = i^2 * i = -i
i^4 = i^2 * i^2 = -1 * -1 = +1
i^5 = i * i^4 = i*1 = i
i^6 = i^2 * i^4 = -1 * 1 = -1
:
Rewrite the equation using this information:
3(1) + 5(-i)
------------
6(-1) - 7i
:
You end up with:

:
we can further simplify (get rid of i in the denominator) by mult the denominator by it's conjugate:
* = = = =
:
= ; Notice we can reduce the fraction by dividing by 17

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