MHB Matt's Trig Problems - Applying De Moivre's Thm

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The discussion focuses on solving three trigonometric problems using De Moivre's theorem. The first problem involves calculating (√3 + i)⁵, resulting in -16√3 + 16i after applying the theorem. The second problem, (2 - 2i√3)⁴, simplifies to -128 + 128√3i. The third problem, (-2 - 2i)⁵, yields 128 + 128i after factoring and applying the theorem. Each solution emphasizes converting complex numbers into trigonometric form for accurate calculations.
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Here are the questions:

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Can someone please help me with these three trig problems? Any help at all would be great, I'd really appreciate it. Thank you for your help.

I need to find each of the following powers and write the answer in standard form, rather than decimal form.

1. (√3 + i)5

2. (2 - 2i√3)4

3. (-2 - 2i)5

I have posted a link there to this topic so the OP can see my work.
 
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Hello Matt,

What we want to do is the get the complex values to have coefficients that represent the cosine (for the real part) and the sine (for the imaginary part) of some common angle, so that we can then apply de Moivre's theorem.

1.) $$z=\left(\sqrt{3}+i \right)^5$$

Now, if we factor out $\dfrac{1}{2}$ from the complex value, we may write:

$$z=2^5\left(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}+\frac{1}{2}i \right)^5$$

Now since:

$$\cos\left(\frac{\pi}{6} \right)=\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2},\,\sin\left(\frac{\pi}{6} \right)=\frac{1}{2}$$

we obtain:

$$z=2^5\left(\cos\left(\frac{\pi}{6} \right)+i\sin\left(\frac{\pi}{6} \right) \right)^5$$

Applying de Moivre's theorem, we have:

$$z=2^5\left(\cos\left(\frac{5\pi}{6} \right)+i\sin\left(5\frac{\pi}{6} \right) \right)=32\left(-\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}+\frac{1}{2} \right)=-16\sqrt{3}+16i$$

2.) $$z=(2-2\sqrt{3}i)^4$$

Factoring out $$4$$ we may write:

$$z=4^4\left(\frac{1}{2}-\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}i \right)^4$$

Replacing the coefficients with trigonometric functions, we have:

$$z=4^4\left(\cos\left(-\frac{\pi}{3} \right)+i\sin\left(-\frac{\pi}{3} \right) \right)^4$$

Applying de Moivre's theorem, we get:

$$z=4^4\left(\cos\left(-\frac{4\pi}{3} \right)+i\sin\left(-\frac{4\pi}{3} \right) \right))=256\left(-\frac{1}{2}+\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}i \right)=-128+128\sqrt{3}i$$

3.) $$z=(-2-2i)^5$$

Factoring out $$-2\sqrt{2}$$ we get:

$$z=-2^{\frac{15}{2}}\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}i \right)^5$$

Replacing the coefficients with trigonometric functions, we have:

$$z=-2^{\frac{15}{2}}\left(\cos\left(\frac{\pi}{4} \right)+i\sin\left(\frac{\pi}{4} \right) \right)^5$$

Applying de Moivre's theorem, we get:

$$z=-2^{\frac{15}{2}}\left(\cos\left(\frac{5\pi}{4} \right)+i\sin\left(\frac{5\pi}{4} \right) \right)=-2^{\frac{15}{2}}\left(-\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}-\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}i \right)=128+128i$$
 
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