JCECE Engineering JCECE Engineering Solved Paper-2010

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    The continued product of the four values of \[{{\left[ \cos \left( \frac{\pi }{3} \right)+i\sin \left( \frac{\pi }{3} \right) \right]}^{3/4}}\], is

    A) \[-1\]                                    

    B) \[1\]

    C) \[2\]                                     

    D) \[-2\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    We have,             \[{{\left[ \cos \left( \frac{\pi }{3} \right)+i\sin \left( \frac{\pi }{3} \right) \right]}^{3/4}}\]                 \[={{(\cos \pi +i\sin \pi )}^{1/4}}\]                 \[={{[\cos (2k\pi +\pi )i\sin (2k\pi +\pi )]}^{1/4}}\]                 \[=\cos \left\{ \frac{(2k+1)\pi }{4} \right\}+i\sin \left\{ \frac{(2k+1)\pi }{4} \right\}\] \[=cis\left\{ \frac{(2k+1)\pi }{4} \right\}(\because \,\,\cos \theta +i\sin \theta =cis\theta )\] where   \[k=0,\,\,1,\,\,2,\,\,3,....\] Now, continued product of four values \[\left\{ cis\left( \frac{\pi }{4} \right) \right\}\cdot \left\{ cis\left( \frac{3\pi }{4} \right) \right\}\cdot \left\{ cis\left( \frac{5\pi }{4} \right) \right\}\cdot \left\{ cis\left( \frac{7\pi }{4} \right) \right\}\]               \[=cis\left( \frac{\pi }{4}+\frac{3\pi }{4}+\frac{5\pi }{4}+\frac{7\pi }{4} \right)\]                 \[=cis(4\pi )\]                 \[=\cos 4\pi +i\sin 4\pi \]                 \[=1+0=1\]


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