Trigonometry 7th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1111826854
ISBN 13: 978-1-11182-685-7

Chapter 8 - Section 8.3 - Products and Quotients in Trigonometric Form - 8.3 Problem Set - Page 439: 20

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$z_{1}z_{2}=(-3)(\sqrt {3}+i)=-3\sqrt {3}-3i$ $z_{1}$ in trigonometric form is $-3=3(\cos \pi+i\sin\pi)$ $z_{2}$ in trigonometric form is $\sqrt {3}+i=2(\cos\frac{\pi}{6}+i\sin\frac{\pi}{6})$ Applying the formula $(r_{1}\,cis\,\theta_{1})(r_{2}\,cis\,\theta_{2})=r_{1}r_{2}\,cis\,(\theta_{1}+\theta_{2})$, we get $z_{1}z_{2}=[3(\cos\pi+i\sin\pi)][2(\cos\frac{\pi}{6}+i\sin\frac{\pi}{6})]$ $=3\cdot2[\cos(\pi+\frac{\pi}{6})+i\sin(\pi+\frac{\pi}{6})]$ $=6(\cos\frac{7\pi}{6}+i\sin\frac{7\pi}{6})$ In standard form, our result is $=6(-\frac{\sqrt 3}{2}+i\cdot -\frac{1}{2})=-3\sqrt {3}-3i$ We see that both the products are equal to $-3\sqrt {3}-3i$.
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