Intermediate Algebra for College Students (7th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-13417-894-7
ISBN 13: 978-0-13417-894-3

Chapter 7 - Section 7.7 - Complex Numbers - Exercise Set - Page 570: 90

Answer

$-1$

Work Step by Step

RECALL: (1) $a^{mn} = (a^m)^n$ (2) $i^2=-1$ (3) $a^{m+n} = a^m \cdot a^n$ Use rule (1) above to obtain: $=(i^2)^{23}$ Use rule (2) to obtain: $=(-1)^{23}$ Note that when $-1$ raised to an odd power, the result is $-1$. Thus, $(-1)^{23} = -1$
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