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: 61

Answer

The power of the complex numbers in the rectangular form is $-4-4i$.

Work Step by Step

Consider the given complex number to write in the polar form, $z={{\left( 1+i \right)}^{5}}$ ......(1) For a complex number $z=x+iy$, the polar form is given by, $z=r\left( \cos \theta +i\sin \theta \right)$ ...... (2) Here, $x=r\cos \theta \ \text{ and }\ y=r\sin \theta $, dividing the value of y by x, to get, $\tan \theta =\frac{y}{x}$ ...... (3) Also, the value of r is called the moduli of the complex number, given by, $\begin{align} & r=\sqrt{{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}} \\ & =\sqrt{{{\left( 1 \right)}^{2}}+{{\left( 1 \right)}^{2}}} \\ & =\sqrt{1+1} \\ & =\sqrt{2} \end{align}$ For any complex number $z=x+iy$, the sign of the value of x and y determine in which quadrant the value of $z=x+iy$ would lie. If the value of x lies on the positive side and the value of y is positive, then the angle $\theta $ lies in the first quadrant having the value of $\theta $ as $\theta $. If the value of x lies on the negative side and the value of y is positive, then the angle $\theta $ lies in the second quadrant having the value of $\theta $ as $\pi -\theta $. If the value of x lies on the negative side and the value of y is negative, then the angle $\theta $ lies in the third quadrant having the value of $\theta $ as $\pi +\theta $. If the value of x lies on the positive side and the value of y is negative, then the angle $\theta $ lies in the fourth quadrant having the value of $\theta $ as $2\pi -\theta $. For the given complex number, use (1), (3) to get, $\begin{align} & \tan \theta =\frac{y}{x} \\ & =\frac{1}{1} \\ & =1 \end{align}$ For the given complex number, $\theta =\frac{\pi }{4}$ Use (2), to get, $1+i=\sqrt{2}\left( \cos \frac{\pi }{4}+i\sin \frac{\pi }{4} \right)$ The polar form of the complex number is, $z={{\left[ \sqrt{2}\left( \cos \frac{\pi }{4}+i\sin \frac{\pi }{4} \right) \right]}^{5}}$ Consider the given complex number in the polar form, $z={{\left[ \sqrt{2}\left( \cos \frac{\pi }{4}+i\sin \frac{\pi }{4} \right) \right]}^{5}}$ If n is a positive integer, then ${{z}^{n}}$ is, $\begin{align} & {{z}^{n}}={{\left[ r\left( \cos \theta +i\sin \theta \right) \right]}^{n}} \\ & ={{r}^{n}}\left( \cos n\theta +i\sin n\theta \right) \end{align}$ That is., ${{z}^{n}}={{r}^{n}}\left( \cos n\theta +i\sin n\theta \right)$ ......(4) Now, for the given complex number, use (4) to get, $\begin{align} & z={{\left[ \sqrt{2}\left( \cos \frac{\pi }{4}+i\sin \frac{\pi }{4} \right) \right]}^{5}} \\ & ={{\left( \sqrt{2} \right)}^{5}}\left( \cos 5\times \frac{\pi }{4}+i\sin 5\times \frac{\pi }{4} \right) \\ & =4\sqrt{2}\left( -\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}-i\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \right) \\ & =-4-4i \end{align}$ Simplifying it further, to get, $z=-4-4i$ The power of the complex numbers in the rectangular form is $-4-4i$.
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