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Reply 1
Hoofbeat
How do you add 2complex no's together that are expressed in exponential form? ie. z1=2e^(i.pi/4) and z2=e^(i.-3pi/4) what is z1 + z2?

Thanks


Put them in the x+iy form first using

r exp(it) = r cos t + i r sin t

and then add them component-wise.
Reply 2
RichE
Put them in the x+iy form first using

r exp(it) = r cos t + i r sin t

and then add them component-wise.

so u mean:
z1=2cos(pi/4) + 2i.sin(pi/4) and z2=cos(-3pi/4) + i.sin(-3pi/4)

but how can i add 2cos something to cos something else? I know that cos(a+b)=cosacosb - sinasinb, but not what to do when there's a multiple of cos? Thanks for all ur help :smile:
Reply 3
Hoofbeat
so u mean:
z1=2cos(pi/4) + 2i.sin(pi/4) and z2=cos(-3pi/4) + i.sin(-3pi/4)

but how can i add 2cos something to cos something else? I know that cos(a+b)=cosacosb - sinasinb, but not what to do when there's a multiple of cos? Thanks for all ur help :smile:


But 2cos(pi/4) = 2/rt(2)= rt(2) and cos(-3pi/4) = -1/rt(2).

But even if the numbers weren't as nice as this, you could still add them and leave them in a messy form.

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