C OMPLEX N UMBER P ROFICIENCY S ELF -A SSESSMENT

Solutions

February 6, 2014

QUESTION 1
p
Use R = a 2 + b 2 and θ = arctan ba (but in the correct quadrant). Once R and θ have been
calculated, the polar form will be z = R ∗ e j ∗θ

a = 1pand b = 1
π
R = 2 and θ = arctan 1 = 4

a = 3 and b = 4
p
R = 25 = 5 and θ = arctan 43 = 0.927

a 1 = 2 and b 1 = 1
p
R 1 = 5 and θ1 = arctan 12 = 0.4636

a 2 = 3 and b 2 = 2
p
R 2 = 13 and θ2 = arctan 23 = 0.5880
q
R1 5
R= R2 = 13 and θ = θ1 − Θ2 = −0.124

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p
a = 1pand b = 3
p π
R = 4 = 2 and θ = arctan 3 = 3

2.
Use a = R ∗ cos θ , b = R ∗ sin θ

A
π
R =5,θ= 3 p
a = 5 cos π3 = 25 , b = 5 sin π3 = 5 3
2
p
5 5 3
z= +j
2 2

R = 25 , θ = π
a = 25 cos pi = −25 , b = 25 sin pi = 0
z = −25

R = 1 , θ = −π
a = cos −pi = −1 , b = sin −pi = 0
z = −1

−1 = e j π = e j 3π = e j −π = e j −3π
A fourth root has four possible values
π 3π −π −3π
(−1)1/4 = e j 4 , e j 4 , e j 4 , e j 4
Converting to rectangular form
1 1 −1 1 1 1 1 1
z1 = p + j p z2 = p + j p z3 = p − j p z4 = − p − j p
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

3.
For addition, convert to rectangular form
p
z1 = 3 + j , z2 = 2 j
p
z = z1 + z2 = 3 + 3 j

2
 p π
z = 2 3e j 3

4.
For multiplication, use polar form
p p
z 1 = 2 + j 3 = 13e j 0.9828 , z 2 = −4 − j 12 = 4 10e j 4.3906
p
z = z 1 ∗ z 2 = 4 130e − j 0.9096 = 28 − 36 j

5.
A
p p
r = 4 + 25 = 29

r =1

r =3

r =1

6.
A
2+ j
1+2 j + 1 + j = .8 − 0.6 j + 1 + j = 1.8 + 0.4 j

B
jπ
e 2 + j = 2j

C
4+3 j
1− j = 0.5 + 3.5 j

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1+ j
` j π + 1− j = −1 + j

7.
2 cos ωt + j sin ωt = cos ωt + cos ωt + j sin ωt = cos ωt + e j ωt = 1.5e j ωt + 0.5e − j ωt