NCERT Class XI Mathematics - Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations - Solutions

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Question : 33
Total: 52
Evaluate: [i18+(
1
i
)
25
]
3
Solution:  
We have , [i18+(
1
i
)
25
]
3
= [(i2)9+
1
(i2)12
.
1
i
]
3

= [(−1)9+
1
(−1)12
.
1
i
]
3
= [−1+
1
i
]
3

= (−1)3+(
1
i
)
3
+ 3(−1)2(
1
i
)
+ 3(−1)(
1
i
)
2

= - 1 +
1
−i
+
3
i
−
3
i2
= - 1 +
−1
i
+
3
i
−
3
−1

= - 1 + 3 +
1
i
(3 - 1) = 2 +
2
i
×
i
i

= 2 - 2i
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