SOLUTION: Express the complex number in trigonometric form. -6i PLEASE SHOW WORK SO I CAN UNDERSTAND :)

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Question 1090709: Express the complex number in trigonometric form.
-6i
PLEASE SHOW WORK SO I CAN UNDERSTAND :)

Found 2 solutions by Edwin McCravy, Fombitz:
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The complex number -6i equals 0-6i and is equal to the vector 
whose tail is at the origin and whose tip is at the point (0,-6).
It is 6 units long, so its mudulus r is 6 and its argument q is 270°,
indicated by the counter clockwise arc from the right side of the
x-axis to the vector which represents the complex number:



So the complex number = -6i = 6(cos270° + i∙sin270°) 

Edwin

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