Notice that in the instructions the word "roots" is plural.
In complex numbers there are always "n nth roots" of any
complex number except 0.
As the other tutor pointed out, you have found only one cube root.
However there are 3 cube roots. You must begin by adding 360°k
to the angle since the sines and cosines are the same when we
add any multiple of 360° to the angle.
must first be written as
Then we do what you did. We take the real 1/3 power (or
cube root) of 27 and multiply the angle by
Now we choose k as any three consecutive integers, say 0,1,and 2.
One cube root will be found by substituting k=0
Cube root #1: , which was the only one you found.
Use k=1 (which amounts to adding 120° to 93°
The second cube root will be found by substituting k=1
[Using k=1 amounts to adding 120° to 93°]
cube root #2: ,
Use k=2 (which amounts to adding 120° to 213°
The third and final cube root will be found by substituting k=2
[Using k=2 amounts to adding 120° to 213°]
cube root #3: ,
If we plot those cube roots on a graph, where the real part
is the x-coordinate and the imaginary part is the y-coordinate,
we find that they are three vectors each 3 units long and equally
spaced around a circle of radius 3 like spokes of a wheel.
Edwin