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Difficult pre calculus stuff.

Difficult pre calculus stuff.-example-1
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When we divide complex numbers we divide their magnitudes and subtract their angles, so this isn't all that difficult:


(10(\cos 45^\circ + i \sin 45^\circ))/(5 (\cos 15^\circ + i \sin 15^\circ)) = (10)/(5) (\cos(45^\circ - 15^\circ) + i \sin(45^\circ - 15^\circ))


= 2(\cos 30^\circ + i \sin 30^\circ)

Answer:
2(\cos 30^\circ + i \sin 30^\circ)

That's probably what's called simplified polar form until you get to Euler's Formula. Since it's 30 degrees we can get a nice rectangular form:


2(\cos 30^\circ + i \sin 30^\circ) = 2\left( (√(3))/(2) + i \frac 1 2 \right) = √(3) + i


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