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 440: 52

Answer

$\frac{z_{1}}{z_{2}}=2(\cos180^{\circ}+i\sin 180^{\circ})=-2$

Work Step by Step

Dividing in standard form, we have: $\frac{z_{1}}{z_{2}}=\frac{-6}{3}=-2$ Put $z_{1}$ and $z_{2}$ in trigonometric form: $z_{1}=-6=6(\cos 180^{\circ}+i\sin180^{\circ})$ $z_{2}=3=3(\cos 0^{\circ}+i\sin0^{\circ})$ Dividing again, we obtain: $\frac{z_{1}}{z_{2}}=\frac{6\,cis\,180^{\circ}}{3\,cis\,0^{\circ}}=\frac{6}{3}\,cis\,(180^{\circ}-0^{\circ})=2\,cis\,(180^{\circ})$ $=2(\cos180^{\circ}+i\sin 180^{\circ})$ This gives: $=2(-1+i\cdot0)=-2$
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