Roots of unity for beginners -1

Algebra Level 5

x 3 = 1 x^3=1

The equation above has two non-real solutions. What is the product of their imaginary parts?

0 1 .75 -.75

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The solutions of x 3 1 = 0 x^3 - 1 = 0 are x = 1 , e 2 i π 3 , e 4 i π 3 = x = 1, e^{\frac{2i\pi}{3}}, e^{\frac{4i\pi}{3}} = = 1 , cos 2 π 3 + i sin 2 π 3 , cos 4 π 3 + i sin 4 π 3 = 1, \cos \frac{2\pi}{3} + i\sin \frac{2\pi}{3}, \cos \frac {4\pi}{3} + i \sin \frac {4\pi}{3} \Rightarrow the product of all the imaginary parts of the no real solutions of x 3 1 = 0 x^3 - 1 = 0 is sin 2 π 3 sin 4 π 3 = 3 2 ( 3 2 ) = 3 4 \sin \frac{2\pi}{3} \cdot \sin \frac{4\pi}{3} = \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} \cdot (- \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}) = - \frac {3}{4}

Ratul Pan
Jan 15, 2016

x 3 x^{3} -1=0
or, (x-1)( x 2 x^{2} +x+1)=0 ...............................(by factorising)
or, x=1 and x= 1 + 1 4 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ( b y S r i d h a r a c h a r y a ) \frac {-1 +-{\sqrt{1-4}}}{2}\ .....................(by Sridharacharya)
So imaginary roots are
x= 1 + 3 i 2 \frac {-1 +{\sqrt{3}}i}{2} and x= 1 3 i 2 \frac {-1 -{\sqrt{3}}i}{2}
imaginary parts are + 3 i 2 \frac {+{\sqrt{3}}i}{2} and 3 i 2 \frac {-{\sqrt{3}}i}{2}
multiplying them we get ,
= 0.75 \boxed{- 0.75 }


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