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Example Question #41 : Squaring / Square Roots / Radicals
Evaluate
None of the other choices gives the correct response.
None of the other choices gives the correct response.
Apply the Power of a Product Rule:
Applying the Product of Powers Rule:
raised to any multiple of 4 is equal to 1, and , so, substituting and evaluating:
This is not among the given choices.
Example Question #44 : Squaring / Square Roots / Radicals
; is the complex conjugate of .
Evaluate
.
conforms to the perfect square trinomial pattern
.
The easiest way to solve this problem is to add
and , then square the sum.The complex conjugate of a complex number
is .,
so
is the complex conjugate of this;,
and
Substitute 14 for
:.
Example Question #45 : Squaring / Square Roots / Radicals
; is the complex conjugate of .
Evaluate
.
conforms to the perfect square trinomial pattern
.
The easiest way to solve this problem is to add
and , then square the sum.The complex conjugate of a complex number
is .,
so
is the complex conjugate of this;,
and
Substitute 8 for
:.
Example Question #46 : Squaring / Square Roots / Radicals
; is the complex conjugate of .
Evaluate
.
conforms to the perfect square trinomial pattern
.
The easiest way to solve this problem is to subtract
and , then square the difference.The complex conjugate of a complex number
is .,
so
is the complex conjugate of this;
Substitute
for :
By definition,
, so, substituting,,
the correct choice.
Example Question #2401 : Sat Mathematics
Remember that
.Simplify:
Use FOIL to multiply complex numbers as follows:
Since
, it follows that , so then:
Combining like terms gives:
Example Question #621 : Algebra
Simplify:
Use FOIL:
Combine like terms:
But since
, we know
Example Question #49 : Squaring / Square Roots / Radicals
; is the complex conjugate of .
Evaluate
.
conforms to the perfect square trinomial pattern
.
The easiest way to solve this problem is to subtract
and , then square the difference.The complex conjugate of a complex number
is .,
so
is the complex conjugate of this;
Taking advantage of the Power of a Product Rule and the fact that
:
Example Question #211 : Exponents
Raise
to the fourth power.
None of these
By the Power of a Power Rule, the fourth power of any number is equal to the square of the square of that number:
Therefore, one way to raise
to the fourth power is to square it, then to square the result.Using the binomial square pattern to square
:
Applying the Power of a Product Property:
Since
by definition:
Square this using the same steps:
Example Question #51 : Squaring / Square Roots / Radicals
Raise
to the fourth power.
None of these
The easiest way to find
is to note that.
Therefore, we can find the fourth power of
by squaring , then squaring the result.Using the binomial square pattern to square
:
Applying the Power of a Product Property:
Since
by definition:
Square this using the same steps:
Therefore,
Example Question #211 : Exponents
Raise
to the third power.
None of these
To raise any expression
to the third power, use the pattern
Setting
:
Taking advantage of the Power of a Product Rule:
Since
and :
Collecting real and imaginary terms:
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