SOLUTION: find the square roots of 1+6i

Question 1140623: find the square roots of 1+6i

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Answer by dkppathak(439)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
find the square roots of 1+6i
solution
let x+iy= square root of 1+6i squaring both side
(x^2 -y^2)+i2xy=1-36+12i=-35+12i
by comparison
(x^2 -y^2)=-35 and 2xy=12 means xy=6 than y=6/x
x^2-36/x^2=-35
x^4-36/x^2=-35
x^4-36=-35x^2
X^4+35x^2-36=0 let x^2=k than x^4=k^2
k^2+35k-36=0
k^2-36k+k-36=0
(k+1)(k-36)=0
k=-1 or k=36
x^2=-1 means x=i or x^2=36 neglecting value of x=i as x is real value
x=6 or x=-6
than y=6/6 or y=6/-6
y=1 0r y=-1
square root ill be -6+i or -6-i or 6+i or 6-i
answer
6+i
6-i
-6-i
-6+i

Answer by ikleyn(52748)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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            The solution by tutor @dkppathak is INCORRECT starting from its second line to the end.

            I came to provide a correct solution.

Let x+iy= square root of 1+6i. IT MEANS (x^2 -y^2) + i2xy = 1 + 6i by comparison (x^2 -y^2) = 1 and 2xy = 6 means xy= 3 then y= 3/x x^2 - 9/x^2 = 1 x^4 - 9 = x^2 x^4 - x^2 - 9 = 0 let x^2=k then x^4=k^2 k^2 - k - 9 = 0 = = "k" can not be negative, since k = x^2 is the square of the real number. Hence, k = . It implies x = +/- = +/- . To value x = + , corresponds y = 3/x = = . To value x = - , corresponds y = 3/x = = . ANSWER. Square root of 1 + 6i has two values x + iy, where (x,y) = ( , ) and (x,y) = ( , ).

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