okayyyyyyash
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  • 24-06-2019
  • Mathematics
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What is the value of i^20+1?

everyone on here is saying that it’s 2 ? but my options are:

A. 1
B. -1
C. -i
D. i

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LammettHash
LammettHash LammettHash
  • 24-06-2019

You know

[tex]i^2=-1[/tex]

Squaring both sides gives

[tex](i^2)^2=(-1)^2\implies i^4=1[/tex]

Then raising both sides to any integer power [tex]n[/tex] gives

[tex](i^4)^n=1^n\implies i^{4n}=1[/tex]

That is, any power of [tex]i[/tex] where the power is a multiple of 4 will always be equal to 1.

So

[tex]i^{20}+1=1+1=2[/tex]

But perhaps you mean to write 20+1 as the exponent, in which case

[tex]i^{20+1}=i^{20}i=i[/tex]

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