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Algebra Level 5

Number of solutions of the equation ,where z is a complex no. is


The answer is 5.

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1 solution

Shaurya Gupta
Dec 3, 2015

Since z = 0 z=0 is not a solution of our equation, we multiply by z 2 z^2 and simplify to get z 5 + 3 z 3 = 0 z^5+3\lvert z \rvert^3=0 . Substituting z = r e i θ z=r e^{i\theta} , we get r = 3 r=\sqrt{3} and e i 5 θ = 1 e^{i5\theta}=-1 which has 5 \boxed{5} solutions.

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