Precalculus (6th Edition)

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Chapter 8 - Application of Trigonometry - 8.5 Trigonometric (Polar) Form of Complex Numbers: Products and Quotients - 8.5 Exercises - Page 801: 41

Answer

$\dfrac{5}{2} -i \dfrac{5 \sqrt 3}{2}$

Work Step by Step

The given complex number can be written in the rectangular form as follows: $r (\cos \theta +i \sin \theta) = a+i b$ Where, $a=r \cos \theta ; b =r \sin \theta $ Let us suppose that $z =5(\cos 300^{\circ} +i \sin 300^{\circ} ) ....(1) $ Now, $\cos 300^{\circ}=\cos (360^{\circ} -60^{\circ}) =\cos 60^{\circ}=\dfrac{1}{2}$ and $\sin 300^{\circ}=\sin (360^{\circ} -60^{\circ}) =-\sin 60^{\circ}=\dfrac{-\sqrt 3}{2}$ Therefore, the equation (1) becomes: $z= 5(\dfrac{1}{2} +i \dfrac{-\sqrt 3}{2})=\dfrac{5}{2} -i \dfrac{5 \sqrt 3}{2}$
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