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: 29

Answer

$4+4i\sqrt {3}$

Work Step by Step

Using de Moivre's theorem ($z^{n}=r^{n} cis \,n\theta$ where $z=r\, cis\,\theta$ and $n$ is an integer), we get $(\sqrt {2}\,cis\, \frac{7\pi}{18})^{6}=(\sqrt {2})^{6}(cis\, 6\cdot\frac{7\pi}{18})$ $=8(\cos \frac{7\pi}{3}+i\sin\frac{7\pi}{3})$ $=8(\cos \frac{\pi}{3}+i\sin\frac{\pi}{3})$ ($\frac{\pi}{3}$ is coterminal with $\frac{7\pi}{3}$) In standard form, our result is $=8(\frac{1}{2}+i\cdot\frac{\sqrt 3}{2})$ $=4+4i\sqrt {3}$
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