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ziaxadon

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Help With Question
« on: November 29, 2017, 12:13:38 am »
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Hey guys, I am having trouble doing the following problems.

Use the Cartesian method to find the square roots of each of the following.

a) 1+i
b) i

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Re: Help With Question
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2017, 06:25:58 am »
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If we square a complex number, we get another complex number. To do this sort of question using a Cartesian method, therefore, start with:

Then solve simultaneously.

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Re: Help With Question
« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2017, 05:15:11 pm »
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Thanks so much for your help. I used your method to solve simultaneously and got a surd as an answer however my textbook saids that this surd could be further simplified and I don't know how they achieved this. I checked the textbook's answer on my CAS and both the CAS and the textbook displayed the same answer. Can anyone please tell me what simplification techniques are used and how you can obtain the simplest form to both "a" and "b". Attached is my worked solution and the steps that I am having trouble with.

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Re: Help With Question
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2017, 10:16:41 am »
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I can't see your working, but I have continued mine below.

Note that some publications will define a "principal square root", giving only one answer, however, this is not necessary in the Specialist course