Posted by T.Gracken on September 25, 2002 at 13:09:35:
In Reply to: use a calculator to find all solutions-standard form posted by cavs on September 25, 2002 at 12:00:53:
: Need help!!!!!!!
: x^3 + 4 - 5i =0
: x^3=-4 + 5i
: I was able to change it to trigonometric form and got the reference angle of 128.70
: The radius I believe is ^3sqrt41?????? =3.44821724=3.45
I believe your problem may lie here. the "radius" is sqrt(41). [that is the absolute value of (-4+5i)]. Now use this result when using the root theorem (corrollary of DeMoivre's Thm.). so you should get "cube root of (sqrt(41))" or appx. 1.857 instead of 3.45
: I use the formula a= x/n + 360(k)/n
: I got 42.9 + 120(0)=42.9
: 42.9 + 120(1)=162.90
: 42.9 + 120(2)= 282.9
: so you should get:
: 3.45(cis 42.9)
: 3.45(cis 162.90)
: 3.34(cis 282.90)
so you should now have
1.857(cis 42.9)
1.857(cis 162.90)
1.857(cis 282.90)
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: Looks good but I kept getting the wrong answer. What is wrong!!!
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