SOLUTION: Hi there... i just have a few questions that i would like to ask regarding complex numbers. 1){{{1-sqrt(3)*i}}} i would show you how much i can do on this one... however, im co

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Question 207423: Hi there... i just have a few questions that i would like to ask regarding complex numbers.
1)1-sqrt%283%29%2Ai
i would show you how much i can do on this one... however, im completely stuck sorry
and i was unable to find a proper square root sign, so hope that its alright.

2)c+=+sqrt%282%29-i%2Asqrt%282%29
I REALLY strggle with De Moivre's theorem.
for this question i have to find the following:
a)abs%28c%29
b)find arg%28c%29 when -pi%3Carg%28c%29%3Cpi
c)write c in polar form
d}find c%5E6 or %28sqrt%282%29+-+i%2Asqrt%282%29%29%5E6 using De Moivre's theorem.
SO those are all my questions, hope they are alright
Thanks
Christelle :D

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!


I'll just do (2) and you can use it as a model to
do (1). 

c+=+sqrt%282%29-i%2Asqrt%282%29

Let's draw the picture of that complex number as a
right triangle on a graph. c+=+x%2Biy=sqrt%282%29-i%2Asqrt%282%29
where x=sqrt%282%29, y=-sqrt%282%29




(a) abs%28c%29.

Sometimes this is called the "modulus". This is the length of 
the hypotenuse of that right triangle. We find it the same way 
we always find the hypotenuse, the Pythagorean theorem:



We label the hypotenuse r=2 and this is the same as abs%28c%29



(b) find arg%28c%29 when -pi%3Carg%28c%29%3Cpi

"Argument" means "angle" (you can remember it because "argument"
and "angle" both start with "a" and their third letters are "g")

Now since we are told that the argument phi is between -pi
and %22%22%2Bpi, we must take the argument as a negative angle 
measured by rotating clockwise from the right side of the x-axis, 
indicated by the blue arc below labeled phi, "phi".
It should be q, "theta", but I can't 
get that Greek letter on the notation program for this site, so 
I'll use phi instead.



Since the triangle is an isosceles right triangle, its interior
angles are 45%B0 or pi%2F4 in radians.  However since -pi%3Carg%28c%29%3Cpi
tells us that the rotation is clockwise from the right
side of the x-axis, the angle is taken as negative. Thus we
take it as phi=-pi%2F4 and we label it:



(c) write in polar form:

Since cos%28phi%29=x%2Fr, therefore x=r%2Acos%28phi%29

and since sin%28phi%29=y%2Fr, therefore y=r%2Asin%28phi%29

So x%2Biy=r%2Acos%28phi%29%2Bi%2Ar%2Asin%28phi%29

and we can factor out r and get:

x%2Biy=r%28cos%28phi%29%2Bi%2Asin%28phi%29%29

This is the polar form r%28cos%28phi%29%2Bi%2Asin%28phi%29%29 of x%2Biy

Therefore since r=2 and phi=-pi%2F4

c+=+sqrt%282%29-i%2Asqrt%282%29=2%28cos%28-pi%2F4%29%2Bi%2Asin%28-pi%2F4%29%29

(d) c%5E6 or (sqrt(2)-i*sqrt(2))^6}}}

DeMoivre's theorem says:



Therefore:



Since -3pi%2F2 is coterminal with pi%2F2, we have

c%5E6=64%28cos%28pi%2F2%29%2Bi%2Asin%28pi%2F2%29%29=64%280%2Bi%2A1%29=+64%28i%29+=+64i

Edwin