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Complex roots. Please help!

Complex roots. Please help!-example-1
User Zetki
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Using DeMoivre's theorem, and the fact that any root in the first quadrant has argument between
0^\circ and
90^\circ, we get


16i=16\left(\cos90^\circ+i\sin90^\circ)\implies√(16i)=√(16)\left(\cos45^\circ+i\sin45^\circ\right)

so the missing value is 45.

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