Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305071751
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-175-9

Chapter 8 - Review - Exercises - Page 622: 37

Answer

$-1/32-\sqrt 3/32*i$

Work Step by Step

The expression inside of the parenthesis can be recognized from the unit circle as theta $=\pi/6$. and the magnitude is $\sqrt {3+1}=2$. Thus we apply De Moivre's Theorem, $(2cis(\pi/6))^{-4}=2^{-4}*cis((-2pi/3)$ That simplifies to, $1/16*(-1/2-\sqrt 3*i/2)$
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