Kweku Group Title write 3(cos225 +isin225) in the form a + ib. one year ago one year ago

1. ZeHanz Group Title

225 degrees rings a bell, no?

2. Kweku Group Title

it is complex numbers

3. ZeHanz Group Title

Not yet ;) I meant that sin225 and cos225 are supposed to be well-known numbers: they have to do with the 45-45-90 degree triangle, with sides a, a and a√2. Does that ring a bell? See image. Both sin225 and cos225 are: $-\frac{ 1 }{ 2 }\sqrt{2}$

4. Kweku Group Title

you mean right angled triangle?

5. ZeHanz Group Title

yeah

6. Kweku Group Title

so you mean the angles should be in the first quadrant?

7. ZeHanz Group Title

No, 225 is in the third quadrant. I only meant that in the 3rd quadrant you get the same values (just negative) as in the triangle with 45-45-90 degrees.

8. ZeHanz Group Title

Therefore you now have $3(-\frac{ 1 }{ 2 }\sqrt2+i \cdot -\frac{ 1 }{ 2 }\sqrt 2)$And if you work out the brackets you're done.

9. Kweku Group Title

Yeah I get you but that does not make any change.

10. ZeHanz Group Title

Is your problem solved then?