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Express the complex number in trigonometric form. -4

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Answer:

4(cos180+itan180)

Explanation:

User Jacob Birkett
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Ok this is a negative number.
All negative numbers have argument
\pi
Obviously, the module of this number is
\vert-4\vert=4
The general trigonometric form of a complex number is:

z=\vert z\vert(cos\theta+i\sin\theta)
We deduce the trigonometric for of -4:

-4=4(cos\pi+i\sin\pi)
User Federom
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