The 1 0 complex roots of the equation z 1 0 + ( 1 3 z − 1 ) 1 0 = 0 can be partitioned into 5 pairs of complex numbers which are ( a 1 , b 1 ) , ( a 2 , b 2 ) , ( a 3 , b 3 ) , ( a 4 , b 4 ) , ( a 5 , b 5 ) where in each pair a i and b i are complex conjugates. Find the value of i = 1 ∑ 5 a i b i 1 .
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This is from 1994 AIME .
Your solution is Good , I Take a bit longer way: α i = cos ( 1 0 2 m π + π ) + i sin ( 1 0 2 m π + π ) Z i = 1 3 α i − 1 α i ∣ Z i ∣ 2 1 = ∣ 1 3 α i − 1 ∣ 2 = 1 7 0 − 2 6 R e ( α i )
Ur solution is very easy... Thanks
I've solved ths question but my solution was too lengthy
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Almost the same as I did.
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Manipulating the equation a little bit we get ( 1 3 − z 1 ) 1 0 = − 1
So if a 1 , b 1 , . . . . . . . are the solutions of this equation
then a 1 1 , b 1 1 , . . . . . . are the solutions of the equation ( 1 3 − z ) 1 0 = − 1
hence we have z = 1 3 − ( − 1 ) 1 / 1 0
The question is asking ∑ a k b k 1 and since they are conjugate of each other it can be written as ∑ ∣ a k ∣ 2 1
Solving for z we get a k 1 = 1 3 − cos ( 1 0 ( 2 k + 1 ) π ) − i sin ( 1 0 ( 2 k + 1 ) π )
⇒ ∣ a k ∣ 2 1 = 1 7 0 − 2 6 cos ( 1 0 ( 2 k + 1 ) π )
So the answer of our question is ∑ k = 1 5 1 7 0 − 2 6 cos ( 1 0 ( 2 k + 1 ) π ) = 8 5 0 and we are done.