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Dyk how to do it
just sub it in lol

z^13 = w
w^11 = z

z = w^11
= z^(13*11) = z^143
hence z^142 = 1
z is some 142nd root of unity
hence z = cos(2πm/142) + isin(2πm/142) for integer m
Im(z) = sin(2πm/142) = sin(πm/71) = sin(πm/n) where n = 71
 

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just sub it in lol

z^13 = w
w^11 = z

z = w^11
= z^(13*11) = z^143
hence z^142 = 1
z is some 142nd root of unity
hence z = cos(2πm/142) + isin(2πm/142) for integer m
Im(z) = sin(2πm/142) = sin(πm/71) = sin(πm/n) where n = 71
whats a root of unity?
 

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whats a root of unity?
bro what

an nth root of unity is a complex number of the form z^n=1

these can be written in the form z=cis(2kπ/n) for some integer k

some neat things about roots of unity

sum of roots of unity = 0 {via sum of roots =-b/a}
nth roots of unity can be expressed as 1, w, w^2,..., w^(n-1) where w is some nth root of unity not equal to 1

edit: also, they form regular polygons when graphed in complex plane (argand diagram), (also a cyclic polygon)
 

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bro what

an nth root of unity is a complex number of the form z^n=1

these can be written in the form z=cis(2kπ/n) for some integer k

some neat things about roots of unity

sum of roots of unity = 0 {via sum of roots =-b/a}
nth roots of unity can be expressed as 1, w, w^2,..., w^(n-1) where w is some nth root of unity not equal to 1
Yeah nah ngo hasnt taught us that strangely wtf
 

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Yeah nah ngo hasnt taught us that strangely wtf
Bruh ngo needa shape their shit cos wtf. Theres one prac q in the classwork book which mentions z^n=1 but nothing abt the line after which u wrote (expressed as z=cis2kpi/n), but the q isnt even similar to this one its different and doesnt use this root of unity = n concept or whatever
 

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Bruh ngo needa shape their shit cos wtf. Theres one prac q in the classwork book which mentions z^n=1 but nothing abt the line after which u wrote (expressed as z=cis2kpi/n), but the q isnt even similar to this one its different and doesnt use this root of unity = n concept or whatever
maybe it wasn't useful for it
you don't always need z=cis(2kπ/n) for roots of unity questions
if the question mentioned roots of unity, it contains roots of unity bruv

I used roots of unity for Q10 in the compilation however there may exist different approaches that do not use roots of unity
 

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maybe it wasn't useful for it
you don't always need z=cis(2kπ/n) for roots of unity questions
if the question mentioned roots of unity, it contains roots of unity bruv

I used roots of unity for Q10 in the compilation however there may exist different approaches that do not use roots of unity
Yeah but it was only that one q it wasnt taught explicitly. It was also mentioned in the q to just use z^n=1 so i didnt even actually know that it was roots of unity when i did it
 

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Bruh ngo needa shape their shit cos wtf. Theres one prac q in the classwork book which mentions z^n=1 but nothing abt the line after which u wrote (expressed as z=cis2kpi/n), but the q isnt even similar to this one its different and doesnt use this root of unity = n concept or whatever
dam. Looks like dr du might do u better it seems.
 

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does someone have something like this but ext 1 for prelim and year 12
 

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