why not just add the arguments once both are in exponential form?
2026-05-29 15:54:44
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Milo :
I noticed that if you multiply what's in the denominator by i you get the numerator (ignoring powers) and since i⁸=1 we can times the top and bottom by 1 or i⁸ to get (1+i√3)¹³/(1+i√3)⁸ = (1+i√3)⁵ which you can convert to polar form and simplify to 16-16i√3
2026-05-29 16:59:25
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Heyweb1500 :
What calculus textbook in the back?
2026-05-31 22:30:56
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Dr. DaViNci mathematician :
I started by taking -i as a common factor from the denominator which made me simplify the fraction into numerator power 5
2026-05-29 18:26:24
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davyd :
What is that? A-level?
2026-05-31 00:26:16
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Gabi :
why don't we put it into polar form then use de moivres theorem to simplify the exponents?
2026-05-29 17:06:50
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akriloth :
holy crap, that is beautiful
2026-06-15 16:20:29
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markp :
in going with DeMoirve's theorem ...which goes to the cis notation rather than the e^i theta ...but students learn DeMoirves in precalc but you need Taylor series to get to e^i theta
2026-05-29 19:44:45
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Ibhaca🇿🇦🇸🇿LakwaGamedze :
de moivres theorem from the start would have surely helped 👍 😏without the fancy 2^13 😉
2026-06-15 22:25:26
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purplec0de :
I would actually rather eat twenty plastic forks than multiply out anything raised to the fifth power, much less the 8th or 13th
2026-06-01 07:30:29
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@krakrak🏳️🌈🇵🇱🇪🇺 :
I would calculate the angles of both numbers. Then 13*angle1 - 8*angle2 = angle of the answer. Then divide length1/length2 and we get the length of the answer