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Ch. 4 - Laws of Sines and Cosines; Vectors
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Capitolo 4, Problema 26

In Exercises 25–29, use DeMoivre's Theorem to find the indicated power of the complex number. Write answers in rectangular form. [4(cos 50° + i sin 50°)]³

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Identify the complex number in polar form: \(4(\cos 50^\circ + i \sin 50^\circ)\), where the modulus \(r = 4\) and the argument \(\theta = 50^\circ\).
Recall DeMoivre's Theorem, which states that for a complex number in polar form, \((r(\cos \theta + i \sin \theta))^n = r^n (\cos n\theta + i \sin n\theta)\).
Apply DeMoivre's Theorem with \(n = 3\): compute the new modulus as \(r^3 = 4^3\) and the new argument as \(3 \times 50^\circ\).
Write the result in polar form: \(4^3 (\cos 150^\circ + i \sin 150^\circ)\).
Convert the polar form back to rectangular form by calculating \(4^3 \cos 150^\circ\) for the real part and \(4^3 \sin 150^\circ\) for the imaginary part.

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