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Precalculus Examples
Step 1
Step 1.1
Simplify each term.
Step 1.1.1
Evaluate .
Step 1.1.2
Evaluate .
Step 1.1.3
Move to the left of .
Step 1.2
Simplify by multiplying through.
Step 1.2.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.2.2
Multiply.
Step 1.2.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.2.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 2
Step 2.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3
Step 3.1
Simplify each term.
Step 3.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.4
Multiply .
Step 3.1.4.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.4.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.1.4.3
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.1.4.4
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 3.1.4.5
Add and .
Step 3.1.5
Rewrite as .
Step 3.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 3.2
Subtract from .
Step 3.3
Add and .
Step 4
This is the trigonometric form of a complex number where is the modulus and is the angle created on the complex plane.
Step 5
The modulus of a complex number is the distance from the origin on the complex plane.
where
Step 6
Substitute the actual values of and .
Step 7
Step 7.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 7.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 7.3
Add and .
Step 8
Evaluate the root.
Step 9
The angle of the point on the complex plane is the inverse tangent of the complex portion over the real portion.
Step 10
Since inverse tangent of produces an angle in the second quadrant, the value of the angle is .
Step 11
Substitute the values of and .