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Example Question #161 : Imaginary Numbers
Write the complex number in polar form, where polar form expresses the result in terms of a distance from the origin on the complex plane and an angle from the positive -axis, , measured in radians.
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Correct answer:
Explanation:
To see what the polar form of the number is, it helps to draw it on a graph, where the horizontal axis is the imaginary part and the vertical axis the real part. This is called the complex plane.
To find the angle , we can find its supplementary angle and subtract it from radians, so .
Using trigonometric ratios, and .
Then .
To find the distance , we need to find the distance from the origin to the point . Using the Pythagorean Theorem to find the hypotenuse , or .
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