SOLUTION: Find (1 - i)4. Show your work using DeMoivre’s Theorem.

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Question 1206024: Find (1 - i)4. Show your work using DeMoivre’s Theorem.
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Find (1 - i)4. Show your work using DeMoivre’s Theorem.
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Actually, you want to find  (1-i)^4 = %281-i%29%5E4  using DeMoivre’s formula.


So, you start from complex number z = 1-i.


It has the modulus of  sqrt%281%5E2+%2B+%28-1%29%5E2%29 = sqrt(2) 

and the argument  -pi%2F4,  so we can write it in this "cis"-form  z = sqrt%282%29%2Acis%28-pi%2F4%29.


Then, according to the deMoivre's formula

    %281-i%29%5E4 = %28sqrt%282%29%29%5E4%2Acis%284%2A%28-pi%2F4%29%29 = 4%2Acis%28-pi%29 = 4*(-1) = -4.


ANSWER.  %281-i%29%5E4 = -4.

Solved.