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Complex Numbers: Polar form

The complex number 10 + 10 j
has modulus
and principal argument to 3 dps.

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Worked Solution:

On the Argand diagram, the modulus of the complex number z is
the distance of the point (x, y) = (Re(z), Im(z)) from the origin:
|z| = √(x2 + y2) = &radic( 102 + 102) = 14.142 to 3 dps.
The argument is the angle θ that a line from the origin to the same point makes with the (positive) x-axis:
the principal argument is the same angle but in the range -Pi to Pi radians (-180° to 180°)
x > 0 and y > 0 => the point is in the 1st quadrant (0° to 90°):
tan(θ) =
y
---
x
=
10
---
10
= 1
=>θ = 0.785 radians = 45° to 3 dps.



© MEI Produced by Dr Ron Knott, 15 January 2007
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Test reference: ComplexPolar.html?ref=4261,qu=rtoModArg