Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285741552
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

APPENDIX H - Complex Numbers - H Exercises - Page A 64: 32

Answer

a) $24\sqrt 2 [\cos (17\pi/12)+i \sin (17\pi/12)]$ b) $\dfrac{4 \sqrt 2}{3} [\cos (-13\pi/12)+i \sin (-13\pi/12)]$ c) $\dfrac{1}{8}[\cos (-\pi/6)+i \sin (-\pi/6)]$ (Other angles are possible.)

Work Step by Step

a) Here, we have $z=8[\cos (\pi/6)+i \sin (\pi/6)]; w=3 \sqrt 2 [\cos (5\pi/4)+i \sin (5\pi/4)]$ $zw=8[\cos (\pi/6)+i \sin (\pi/6)] \times 3 \sqrt 2 [\cos (5\pi/4)+i \sin (5\pi/4)]$ or, $=24\sqrt 2 [\cos (17\pi/12)+i \sin (17\pi/12)]$ b) Here, we have $z=8[\cos (\pi/6)+i \sin (\pi/6)]; w=3 \sqrt 2 [\cos (5\pi/4)+i \sin (5\pi/4)]$ $\dfrac{z}{w}=\dfrac{8[\cos (\pi/6)+i \sin (\pi/6)]}{3 \sqrt 2 [\cos (5\pi/4)+i \sin (5\pi/4)]}$ or, $=\dfrac{4 \sqrt 2}{3} [\cos (-13\pi/12)+i \sin (-13\pi/12)]$ c) Here, we have $z=8[\cos (\pi/6)+i \sin (\pi/6)]; w=3 \sqrt 2 [\cos (5\pi/4)+i \sin (5\pi/4)]$ $\dfrac{1}{z}=\dfrac{1}{8[\cos (\pi/6)+i \sin (\pi/6)]}$ or, $=\dfrac{1}{8}[\cos (-\pi/6)+i \sin (-\pi/6)]$
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