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: 59

Answer

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Work Step by Step

We need to show that $w=z^{\frac{1}{4}}$ or $w^{4}=z$ Using de Moivre's theorem, we get $w^{4}=[2(\cos15^{\circ}+i\sin15^{\circ})]^{4}$ $=(2)^{4}[\cos(4\cdot15^{\circ})+i\sin(4\cdot15^{\circ})]$ $=16(\cos 60^{\circ}+i\sin60^{\circ})$ which in standard form is $=16(\frac{1}{2}+i\cdot\frac{\sqrt 3}{2})=8+8i\sqrt 3=z$
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