How do you find the real and imaginary part 12i^12 + pi(i)?

1 Answer
Mar 22, 2016

12i^12=12 is real. pii is imaginary.

Explanation:

Note that we can simplify i^12:

{(i=color(red)(sqrt(-1))),(i^2=(color(red)(sqrt(-1)))^2=color(blue)(-1)),(i^4=(i^2)^2=(color(blue)(-1))^2=color(green)1),(i^12=(i^4)^3=color(green)1^3=1):}

Thus, the expression simplifies to be:

12i^12+pii=12(1)+pii=12+pii

This is a complex number in the form

a+bi

where a=12 and b=pi. Since pi is multiplied by i, the imaginary unit, pii is the imaginary part of the expression. So, 12i^12=12 is the real part.