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: 57

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By replacing $x$ with $2(\cos 60^{\circ}+i\sin60^{\circ})$, we get $x^{2}-2x+4=[2(\cos 60^{\circ}+i\sin60^{\circ})]^{2}-2[2(\cos 60^{\circ}+i\sin60^{\circ})]+4$ We need to show that $[2(\cos 60^{\circ}+i\sin60^{\circ})]^{2}-2[2(\cos 60^{\circ}+i\sin60^{\circ})]+4=0$ Using de Moivre's theorem, we have $[2(\cos 60^{\circ}+i\sin60^{\circ})]^{2}=(2)^{2}[\cos(2\cdot60^{\circ})+i\sin(2\cdot60^{\circ})]$ $=4(\cos120^{\circ}+i\sin120^{\circ})=4(-\frac{1}{2}+i\cdot\frac{\sqrt 3}{2})=-2+2i\sqrt 3$ $2[2(\cos 60^{\circ}+i\sin60^{\circ})]=4(\cos 60^{\circ}+i\sin60^{\circ})$ $=4(\frac{1}{2}+i\cdot\frac{\sqrt 3}{2})=2+2i\sqrt 3$ Therefore, we have $[2(\cos 60^{\circ}+i\sin60^{\circ})]^{2}-2[2(\cos 60^{\circ}+i\sin60^{\circ})]+4$ $=(-2+2i\sqrt 3)-(2+2i\sqrt 3)+4$ $=-2+2i\sqrt {3}-2-2i\sqrt {3}+4=0$
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