Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 6 - Section 6.5 - Complex Numbers in Polar Form; DeMoivre's Theorem - Exercise Set - Page 768: 59

Answer

The power of the complex numbers in the rectangular form is $-2-i2\sqrt{3}$.

Work Step by Step

Here, $z={{\left[ \sqrt{2}\left( \cos \frac{5\pi }{6}+i\sin \frac{5\pi }{6} \right) \right]}^{4}}$ Therefore, $\begin{align} & z={{\left[ \sqrt{2}\left( \cos \frac{5\pi }{6}+i\sin \frac{5\pi }{6} \right) \right]}^{4}} \\ & z=4\left( \cos 4\times \frac{5\pi }{6}+i\sin 4\times \frac{5\pi }{6} \right) \\ & z=4\left( \cos \frac{10\pi }{3}+i\sin \frac{10\pi }{3} \right) \\ \end{align}$ Simplify it further, to get, $\begin{align} & z=4\left( -\frac{1}{2}-i\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} \right) \\ & =-2-i2\sqrt{3} \end{align}$ The power of the complex number in the rectangular form is $-2-i2\sqrt{3}$
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