document.write( "Question 1205952: Hi, re-asking this question as my coding didn't work last time. Use De Moivres Theorem to simplify (cos(5pi/6)-sin(5pi/6))^7. I have tried a few examples and can't seem to figure out this one. Thank you \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "De Moivre's Theorem:
\n" ); document.write( "If z = r*cis(theta), then z^n = r^n*cis(n*theta)
\n" ); document.write( "where cis(theta) = cos(theta)+i*sin(theta) and n is an integer.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I'll assume that your expression is (cos(5pi/6)-i*sin(5pi/6))^7
\n" ); document.write( "I introduced the imaginary number 'i' just before the \"sin\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The minus sign between those trig functions means we cannot immediately use De Moivre's Theorem just yet. We need to replace the minus sign with a plus sign.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "We can use the idea that sine is an odd function. Odd as in \"not even\", though I suppose someone could argue that it is a strange function.
\n" ); document.write( "Since sine is odd, we know that -sin(x) = sin(-x) for all real numbers x.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Cosine being even means cos(-x) = cos(x)
\n" ); document.write( "It has y-axis symmetry.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "z = cos(5pi/6) - i*sin(5pi/6)
\n" ); document.write( "z = cos(5pi/6) + i*sin(-5pi/6) ... since sine is odd
\n" ); document.write( "z = cos(-5pi/6) + i*sin(-5pi/6) ... since cosine is even
\n" ); document.write( "z = cis(-5pi/6)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now we can use De Moivre's Theorem
\n" ); document.write( "z = cis(-5pi/6)
\n" ); document.write( "z^7 = cis( 7*(-5pi/6) )
\n" ); document.write( "z^7 = cis( -35pi/6 )
\n" ); document.write( "z^7 = cis( pi/6 )\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "How did we go from -35pi/6 to pi/6?
\n" ); document.write( "I'm using the fact that both sine and cosine have period 2pi.
\n" ); document.write( "sin(x+2pi) = sin(x)
\n" ); document.write( "cos(x+2pi) = sin(x)
\n" ); document.write( "We can add and subtract multiples of 2pi to find coterminal angles.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Add 3 multiples of 2pi onto angle -35pi/6 radians to end up at pi/6
\n" ); document.write( "-35pi/6 + 3*2pi = pi/6
\n" ); document.write( "This is the same as rotating a full 360 degrees exactly three times. We end up pointing at the same direction we started at (somewhere in the northeast).\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "From here, we can use the unit circle to wrap things up.
\n" ); document.write( "z^7 = cis( pi/6 )
\n" ); document.write( "z^7 = cos( pi/6 ) + i*sin( pi/6 )
\n" ); document.write( "z^7 = sqrt(3)/2 + i*(1/2)
\n" ); document.write( "z^7 = sqrt(3)/2 + (1/2)*i
\n" ); document.write( "z^7 = (1/2)*( sqrt(3) + i )\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Therefore,
\n" ); document.write( "(cos(5pi/6)-i*sin(5pi/6))^7 = sqrt(3)/2 + (1/2)*i
\n" ); document.write( "or
\n" ); document.write( "(cos(5pi/6)-i*sin(5pi/6))^7 = (1/2)*( sqrt(3) + i )
\n" ); document.write( "depending on how you prefer to write the answer.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Various computer algebra systems (CAS) can be used to verify the answer.
\n" ); document.write( "Some examples include: WolframAlpha and GeoGebra.
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