Lesson 9 7 Complex Numbers
Lesson 9 7 Complex Numbers
IMAGINARY UNIT
You have always been told that you cant take the square root of a negative number. But you can if you use imaginary units.
The imaginary unit is . = 1 It is used to write the square root of a negative number.
DEFINITION
Complex numbers are numbers of the form
square root of minus one
real imaginary
Examples:
purely real
purely imaginary
roots of
real axis
imaginary axis
i 1 1 i i
0
i 1
4
i 1 3 i i
2
i i 6 i 1 7 i i
5
Simplify.
11
11 4 = 2 with remainder 3
So i i i
11 3
Simplify.
12
To figure out where we are in the cycle divide the exponent by 4 and look at the remainder.
12 4 = 3 with remainder 0
So i i 1
12 0
Simplify.
17
17 4 = 4 with remainder 1
So i
17
i i
1
Simplify.
26
26 4 = 6 with remainder 2
So i
26
i 1
2
r i r
Examples:
3 i 3
4 i 4
2i
EXAMPLES:
Simplify each expression.
1. 81
81 1 9i
2. 121x
11 xi x
2
MORE EXAMPLES
4. 8i 3i
24i
24 1 24
Remember i
2
Remember that 1 i
5. 5 20 i 5 i 20
i 100 1 10 10
2
Ex: 8 3i 2 5i 8 2 3i 5i
10 2i
Simplify.
8 12 7i 11i
4 18i
8 7i 12 11i
Simplify.
9 6i 12 2i 9 12 6i 2i
3 8i
MORE PRACTICE
1.) (1 2i) (3 3i)
(1 3) (2i 3i) 2 5i
2.
(2 3i) (3 7i)
1 2i
(2 3) (3i 7i)
1 4i
ADD OR SUBTRACT THE REAL PARTS, THEN ADD OR SUBTRACT THE IMAGINARY PARTS)
Ex:
8 5i2 3i
2
I i 15 Oi 10 F 24 Li 16
i 16 14i 15 i 31 14i
Individual Practice/Homework Problem Set 9.7, TB pp. 585-586 (Multiples of 4 numbers 4, 8, , 80)