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Algebra Level 1

IF i 3600 = 1 i^{3600}=1 then i 4 = ? i^4=\, ?

Clarification : i = 1 i = \sqrt{-1} .


The answer is 1.

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i 3600 = ( i 4 ) 900 = 1 i^{3600}=(i^4)^{900}=1 i 4 = 1 900 = 1 i^4=\sqrt[900]{1}=\boxed{1}

Jack Rawlin
Dec 22, 2014

Assuming i = 1 i = \sqrt {-1} the answer is 1 1

But if you didn't know that then

i 3600 = ( i 4 ) 900 i^{3600} = (i^4)^{900}

Since we know i 3600 = 1 i^{3600} = 1 we can substitute

1 = ( i 4 ) 900 1 = (i^4)^{900}

When putting 1 1 to the n t h n^{th} power the answer will always be 1 1 . In other words

1 n = 1 1^n = 1

Since we need to find the 900 900 th root of 1 1 we can just put it into the formula as n = 1 900 n = \frac {1}{900} . This means that

1 1 900 = i 4 1 = i 4 1^{\frac {1}{900}} = i^4 \Rightarrow 1 = i^4

All in all the answer is 1 1 no matter which way you look at it

Satish Reddy
Nov 14, 2014

since,i^2=-1 ,so i^4=1

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