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FNU Definition of Imaginary Numbers Problem

 

I’m trying to learn for my Algebra class and I’m stuck. Can you help?

In the definition of Imaginary Numbers i2 = -1,

1) How can we evaluate i10 ?

2) How can we evaluate i20 ?

3) How can we evaluate iN , for N >0?

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HINT:

To find the rule for powers of i :

i0 = 1

i1= i

i2 = -1

i3 = i * i2 = i(-1) = -i

i5 = i2*i3 = (-1)(-i) = i