M Mainoyi Member Joined Mar 5, 2008 Messages 36 Gender Female HSC 2009 Oct 9, 2009 #1 w=-1+√3 i show w is a root of z^3-8=0
untouchablecuz Active Member Joined Mar 25, 2008 Messages 1,693 Gender Male HSC 2009 Oct 9, 2009 #2 enjoy
M Mainoyi Member Joined Mar 5, 2008 Messages 36 Gender Female HSC 2009 Oct 9, 2009 #3 untouchablecuz said: enjoy Click to expand... thanks heaps..!
addikaye03 The A-Team Joined Nov 16, 2006 Messages 1,256 Location Albury-Wodonga, NSW Gender Male HSC 2008 Oct 9, 2009 #4 Mainoyi said: w=-1+√3 i show w is a root of z^3-8=0 Click to expand... It would be just as easy to find all the roots of z^3-8=0, since it factorises nicely. (z-2)(z^2+2z+4)=0 z=2 and z^2+2z+4=0 (z+1)^2-3i^2=0 (z+1)-√3i=0 and z+1+√3i=0 therefore z=2, -1-√3 and w where w=-1+√3 i But untouchablecuz's method is better for most Q since its more of a generalised method.
Mainoyi said: w=-1+√3 i show w is a root of z^3-8=0 Click to expand... It would be just as easy to find all the roots of z^3-8=0, since it factorises nicely. (z-2)(z^2+2z+4)=0 z=2 and z^2+2z+4=0 (z+1)^2-3i^2=0 (z+1)-√3i=0 and z+1+√3i=0 therefore z=2, -1-√3 and w where w=-1+√3 i But untouchablecuz's method is better for most Q since its more of a generalised method.