JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations Question Bank De Moivre's theorem and Roots of unity

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    The value of \[{{\left[ \frac{1-\cos \frac{\pi }{10}+i\sin \frac{\pi }{10}}{1-\cos \frac{\pi }{10}-i\sin \frac{\pi }{10}} \right]}^{10}}=\] [Karnataka CET 2001]

    A) 0

    B) - 1

    C) 1

    D) 2

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Let\[\cos \frac{\pi }{10}-i\sin \frac{\pi }{10}=z\]and \[\cos \frac{\pi }{10}+i\sin \frac{\pi }{10}=\frac{1}{z}\] Therefore, \[{{\left( \frac{1-z}{1-\frac{1}{z}} \right)}^{10}}\]\[={{\left\{ \frac{-(z-1)z}{(z-1)} \right\}}^{10}}={{(-z)}^{10}}\] \[={{z}^{10}}={{\left( \cos \frac{\pi }{10}-i\sin \frac{\pi }{10} \right)}^{10}}\]\[=\cos \pi -i\sin \pi =-1\].


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